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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.33.8

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: mounting the jewel-decorated, wish-moving chariot drawn by goblin-faced mules, he flies toward the ocean

3.33.8

sa śvetabālavyasanaḥ śvetacchatro daśānanaḥ
snigdhavaidūryasaṃkāśas taptakāñcanabhūṣaṇaḥ

He, the ten-faced one, with white yak-tail fans and a white parasol, gleaming like polished lapis lazuli, adorned with refined gold,

Words: sa — he; śvetabālavyasanaḥ — with white yak-tail fans; śvetacchatro — with a white parasol; daśānanaḥ — ten-faced; snigdhavaidūryasaṃkāśas — resembling glossy lapis lazuli; taptakāñcanabhūṣaṇaḥ — adorned with refined gold

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.