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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.36.4

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: because of the threat he posed to Viśvāmitra's sacrifice, the muni went to Daśaratha and asked for Rāma's protection

3.36.4

ayaṃ rakṣatu māṃ rāmaḥ parvakāle samāhitaḥ
mārīcān me bhayaṃ ghoraṃ samutpannaṃ nareśvara

'Let this Rāma, attentive, protect me at the time of the sacrifice; a terrible fear of Mārīca has arisen in me, O lord of men.'

Words: ayaṃ — this (one); rakṣatu — let (him) protect; māṃ — me; rāmaḥ — Rāma; parvakāle — at the time of the sacrifice; samāhitaḥ — attentive, composed; mārīcān — from Mārīca; me — in me, my; bhayaṃ — fear; ghoraṃ — terrible; samutpannaṃ — arisen; nareśvara — O lord of men

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.