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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.32.8

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

3.32.8

hanyamānaṃ tu tat sainyaṃ paśyāmi śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ
indreṇaivottamaṃ sasyam āhataṃ tv aśmavṛṣṭibhiḥ

I saw only that army being cut down by his showers of arrows, as fine crops are beaten down by Indra with showers of hail.

Words: hanyamānaṃ — being cut down, slain; tu — but, indeed; tat sainyaṃ — that army; paśyāmi — I see, saw; śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ — by showers of arrows; indreṇaivottamaṃ — by Indra ... the excellent; sasyam — crop, grain; āhataṃ — struck, beaten down; tv — but, indeed; aśmavṛṣṭibhiḥ — by showers of stones, hail

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.