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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.36.23

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

3.36.23

divyacandanadigdhāṅgān divyābharaṇabhūṣitān
drakṣyasy abhihatān bhūmau tava doṣāt tu rākṣasān

You will see the rākṣasas—their limbs smeared with divine sandal-paste, adorned with heavenly ornaments—struck down upon the ground through your fault.

Words: divyacandanadigdhāṅgān — with limbs smeared with divine sandal; divyābharaṇabhūṣitān — adorned with divine ornaments; drakṣyasy — you will see; abhihatān — struck down; bhūmau — on the ground; tava doṣāt — through your fault; tu — indeed; rākṣasān — the rākṣasas

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.