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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.36.14

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: Mārīca approached armed and dismissed him as a mere boy, rushing toward the altar

3.36.14

tena dṛṣṭaḥ praviṣṭo 'haṃ sahasaivodyatāyudhaḥ
māṃ tu dṛṣṭvā dhanuḥ sajyam asaṃbhrāntaś cakāra ha

Seen by him as I entered, suddenly with weapon upraised—but on seeing me, unshaken, he strung his bow.

Words: tena dṛṣṭaḥ — seen by him; praviṣṭo 'haṃ — I, having entered; sahasaivodyatāyudhaḥ — suddenly with weapon upraised; māṃ tu dṛṣṭvā — but on seeing me; dhanuḥ sajyam — the bow strung; asaṃbhrāntaś — unshaken, unperturbed; cakāra ha — made (i.e. strung), indeed

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.