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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.36.17
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
3.36.17
rāmasya śaravegena nirasto bhrāntacetanaḥ
pātito 'haṃ tadā tena gambhīre sāgarāmbhasi
prāpya saṃjñāṃ cirāt tāta laṅkāṃ prati gataḥ purīm
Cast away by the force of Rāma's arrow, my senses reeling, I was then hurled by him into the deep waters of the ocean; regaining consciousness after a long time, my dear, I made my way to the city of Laṅkā.
Words: rāmasya — of Rāma; śaravegena — by the force of the arrow; nirasto — cast away; bhrāntacetanaḥ — with reeling senses; pātito 'haṃ — I was made to fall; tadā tena — then, by him; gambhīre — in the deep; sāgarāmbhasi — in the waters of the ocean; prāpya saṃjñāṃ — having regained consciousness; cirāt — after a long time; tāta — my dear; laṅkāṃ prati — towards Laṅkā; gataḥ — went; purīm — the city
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.