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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.32.4

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: Śūrpaṇakhā describes his appearance, bow, and extraordinary speed: she could see the army falling but could not follow the movements by which he shot

3.32.4

ity uktā rākṣasendreṇa rākṣasī krodhamūrchitā
tato rāmaṃ yathānyāyam ākhyātum upacakrame

Thus addressed by the lord of rākṣasas, the rākṣasī, beside herself with anger, then set about describing Rāma exactly as he was.

Words: ity uktā — thus addressed; rākṣasendreṇa — by the lord of rākṣasas; rākṣasī — the rākṣasī; krodhamūrchitā — stupefied with anger, beside herself; tato — then; rāmaṃ — Rāma; yathānyāyam — accurately, just as is proper; ākhyātum — to describe, relate; upacakrame — began, set about

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.