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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.36.10

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 36: Mārīca’s story of his first defeat. He recalls attacking Viśvāmitra’s sacrifice and being hurled a hundred yojanas into the sea by the young Rāma’s arrow

In the sequence: the youthful Rāma stood guard over the sacrifice

3.36.10

taṃ tadā daṇḍakāraṇye yajñam uddiśya dīkṣitam
babhūvāvasthito rāmaś citraṃ visphārayan dhanuḥ

Then, in the Daṇḍaka forest, Rāma stood guard over him (the sage) consecrated for the sacrifice, twanging his wondrous bow.

Words: taṃ — him (the sage); tadā — then; daṇḍakāraṇye — in the Daṇḍaka forest; yajñam uddiśya — with a view to the sacrifice; dīkṣitam — consecrated (for the sacrifice); babhūvāvasthito — stood by, remained; rāmaś — Rāma; citraṃ — wondrous, brilliant; visphārayan — twanging, drawing; dhanuḥ — the bow

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.