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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.36.16

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: Rāma's arrow hurled him a hundred yojanas into the sea → after eventually recovering consciousness, Mārīca made his way to Laṅkā; other attackers had been killed

3.36.16

tena muktas tato bāṇaḥ śitaḥ śatrunibarhaṇaḥ
tenāhaṃ tāḍitaḥ kṣiptaḥ samudre śatayojane

Then a sharp, foe-crushing arrow was loosed by him; struck by it, I was flung into the sea, a hundred yojanas away.

Words: tena muktas — loosed by him; tato — then; bāṇaḥ — arrow; śitaḥ — sharp, whetted; śatrunibarhaṇaḥ — foe-crushing; tenāhaṃ — by it I; tāḍitaḥ — struck; kṣiptaḥ — flung, cast; samudre — into the sea; śatayojane — a hundred yojanas (away)

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.