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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.32.2
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
3.32.2
kaś ca rāmaḥ kathaṃ vīryaḥ kiṃ rūpaḥ kiṃ parākramaḥ
kimarthaṃ daṇḍakāraṇyaṃ praviṣṭaś ca suduścaram
Who is this Rāma, what is his valour, what his form, what his prowess? And why has he entered the Daṇḍaka forest, so very hard to traverse?
Words: kaś ca — and who; rāmaḥ — Rāma; kathaṃ vīryaḥ — of what valour; kiṃ rūpaḥ — of what form; kiṃ parākramaḥ — of what prowess; kimarthaṃ — for what purpose, why; daṇḍakāraṇyaṃ — the Daṇḍaka forest; praviṣṭaś ca — and entered; suduścaram — very hard to traverse
Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.