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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.34.11

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 34: Rāvaṇa’s abduction plan. Mārīca must become a golden deer to lure the brothers away, leaving Sītā unguarded and Rāma vulnerable to grief

In the sequence: he then portrays Rāma as a vicious, disgraced exile and claims that Śūrpaṇakhā was mutilated without provocation

3.34.11

aśīlaḥ karkaśas tīkṣṇo mūrkho lubdho 'jitendriyaḥ
tyaktadharmas tv adharmātmā bhūtānām ahite rataḥ

Ill-natured, harsh, cruel, foolish, greedy, with senses unsubdued, having abandoned dharma, unrighteous of soul, delighting in the harm of creatures—

Words: aśīlaḥ — ill-natured, without character; karkaśas — harsh, rough; tīkṣṇo — cruel, sharp; mūrkho — foolish; lubdho — greedy; 'jitendriyaḥ — with senses unsubdued; tyaktadharmas — having abandoned dharma; tv — but, indeed; adharmātmā — unrighteous of soul; bhūtānām — of creatures; ahite — in harm; rataḥ — delighting

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.