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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.36.19

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: he warns that Rāvaṇa's proposed war will likewise destroy the rākṣasas, including innocent people caught up in their ruler's wrongdoing

3.36.19

tan mayā vāryamāṇas tvaṃ yadi rāmeṇa vigraham
kariṣyasy āpadaṃ ghorāṃ kṣipraṃ prāpya naśiṣyasi

Therefore, though restrained by me, if you make war with Rāma, you will swiftly meet with terrible calamity and perish.

Words: tan — therefore; mayā — by me; vāryamāṇas — being restrained; tvaṃ — you; yadi — if; rāmeṇa — with Rāma; vigraham — war, conflict; kariṣyasy — you will make; āpadaṃ — calamity, misfortune; ghorāṃ — terrible; kṣipraṃ — quickly; prāpya — having met with; naśiṣyasi — you will perish

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.