Araṇya Kāṇḍa 32: Śūrpaṇakhā describes Sītā · 3.32.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.32.1

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 32: Śūrpaṇakhā describes Sītā. She recounts Rāma’s victory, praises Sītā’s beauty and urges Rāvaṇa to kill the brothers and take her as his wife

In the sequence: Rāvaṇa asks who Rāma is, why he came to Daṇḍaka, and what weapons enabled him to destroy the army

3.32.1

tataḥ śūrpaṇakhāṃ kruddhāṃ bruvatīṃ paruṣaṃ vacaḥ
amātyamadhye saṃkruddhaḥ paripapraccha rāvaṇaḥ

Then Rāvaṇa, himself enraged, questioned Śūrpaṇakhā—angry and speaking harsh words—in the midst of his ministers.

Words: tataḥ — then; śūrpaṇakhāṃ — Śūrpaṇakhā; kruddhāṃ — angry; bruvatīṃ — speaking; paruṣaṃ — harsh; vacaḥ — words, speech; amātyamadhye — in the midst of the ministers; saṃkruddhaḥ — enraged; paripapraccha — questioned, asked; rāvaṇaḥ — Rāvaṇa

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.