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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.36.18

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

3.36.18

evam asmi tadā muktaḥ sahāyās te nipātitāḥ
akṛtāstreṇa rāmeṇa bālenākliṣṭakarmaṇā

Thus was I then let off; but your companions were struck down by Rāma—a boy, untrained in arms, of untiring deeds.

Words: evam asmi — thus I was; tadā muktaḥ — then released, let off; sahāyās te — your companions; nipātitāḥ — struck down, felled; akṛtāstreṇa — untrained in weapons; rāmeṇa — by Rāma; bālenākliṣṭakarmaṇā — by the boy of untiring deeds

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.