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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.36.12

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

3.36.12

śobhayan daṇḍakāraṇyaṃ dīptena svena tejasā
adṛśyata tadā rāmo bālacandra ivoditaḥ

illumining the Daṇḍaka forest with his own blazing splendour, Rāma then appeared like the risen young moon.

Words: śobhayan — adorning, illumining; daṇḍakāraṇyaṃ — the Daṇḍaka forest; dīptena — with blazing; svena tejasā — his own splendour; adṛśyata — was seen, appeared; tadā — then; rāmo — Rāma; bālacandra — the young moon; ivoditaḥ — like the risen

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.