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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.33.38

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: passing this landmark and crossing to the far shore, Rāvaṇa reaches a secluded hermitage → there he finds Mārīca living with matted hair, bark clothing, deerskin, and restrained diet, and approaches him.

3.33.38

sa rāvaṇaḥ samāgamya vidhivat tena rakṣasā
tataḥ paścād idaṃ vākyam abravīd vākyakovidaḥ

That Rāvaṇa, having duly met with that rākṣasa, then, skilled in speech, spoke these words:

Words: sa rāvaṇaḥ — that Rāvaṇa; samāgamya — having met; vidhivat — duly, according to custom; tena rakṣasā — with that rākṣasa; tataḥ paścād — thereafter; idaṃ vākyam — these words; abravīd — spoke; vākyakovidaḥ — skilled in speech

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.