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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.34.7
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 recounts Rāma's destruction of the fourteen thousand and their leaders
3.34.7
tena saṃjātaroṣeṇa rāmeṇa raṇamūrdhani
anuktvā paruṣaṃ kiṃ cic charair vyāpāritaṃ dhanuḥ
By that Rāma, roused to fury at the head of the battle, without uttering a single harsh word, the bow was set to work with arrows.
Words: tena — by that; saṃjātaroṣeṇa — roused to fury; rāmeṇa — by Rāma; raṇamūrdhani — at the head of the battle; anuktvā — not having spoken; paruṣaṃ — a harsh (word); kiṃ cic — anything at all; charair — with arrows; vyāpāritaṃ — was set to work, employed; dhanuḥ — the bow
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.