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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.32.7

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

3.32.7

nādadānaṃ śarān ghorān na muñcantaṃ mahābalam
na kārmukaṃ vikarṣantaṃ rāmaṃ paśyāmi saṃyuge

So swift was he that I could not see mighty Rāma in the fray take up his dread arrows, or loose them, or draw his bow.

Words: nādadānaṃ — not (seen) taking up; śarān — arrows; ghorān — dread, terrible; na muñcantaṃ — nor releasing; mahābalam — the mighty one; na kārmukaṃ — nor the bow; vikarṣantaṃ — drawing; rāmaṃ — Rāma; paśyāmi — I see; saṃyuge — in the battle

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.