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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.33.34

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 33: Rāvaṇa’s flight and Garuḍa’s story. He passes the banyan of Garuḍa’s broken branch and amṛta quest, then reaches Mārīca’s hermitage

In the sequence: strengthened by his success, he resolved to obtain the nectar of immortality and broke through its defenses to carry it from Indra's palace

3.33.34

ayojālāni nirmathya bhittvā ratnagṛhaṃ varam
mahendrabhavanād guptam ājahārāmṛtaṃ tataḥ

Shattering the iron nettings and breaking open the excellent jewel-chamber, he then carried off the well-guarded nectar from the palace of great Indra.

Words: ayojālāni — iron nettings, gratings; nirmathya — having shattered, churned through; bhittvā — having broken open; ratnagṛhaṃ — the jewel-chamber; varam — excellent; mahendrabhavanād — from the palace of great Indra; guptam — guarded, protected; ājahārāmṛtaṃ — carried off the nectar; tataḥ — then, from there

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.