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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.33.9
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
3.33.9
daśāsyo viṃśatibhujo darśanīya paricchadaḥ
tridaśārir munīndraghno daśaśīrṣa ivādrirāṭ
ten-mouthed, twenty-armed, with splendid trappings, foe of the gods, slayer of chief sages—he was like the ten-peaked king of mountains.
Words: daśāsyo — ten-mouthed; viṃśatibhujo — twenty-armed; darśanīya — splendid to behold (compound-initial); paricchadaḥ — trappings, equipage, retinue; tridaśārir — foe of the gods; munīndraghno — slayer of chief sages; daśaśīrṣa — ten-peaked (also: ten-headed); ivādrirāṭ — like the king of mountains
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.