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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.36.11

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

3.36.11

ajātavyañjanaḥ śrīmān bālaḥ śyāmaḥ śubhekṣaṇaḥ
ekavastradharo dhanvī śikhī kanakamālayā

Glorious, still beardless, a boy, dark-hued, with lovely eyes, wearing a single garment, an archer, with a topknot and a golden chain,

Words: ajātavyañjanaḥ — with beard not yet grown; śrīmān — glorious, handsome; bālaḥ — a boy; śyāmaḥ — dark-hued; śubhekṣaṇaḥ — with lovely eyes; ekavastradharo — wearing a single garment; dhanvī — an archer, bow-bearer; śikhī — with a topknot, crest; kanakamālayā — with a golden chain

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.