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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.36.5

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: Daśaratha objected that Rāma was not yet sixteen and inexperienced, offering to come with his army instead

3.36.5

ity evam ukto dharmātmā rājā daśarathas tadā
pratyuvāca mahābhāgaṃ viśvāmitraṃ mahāmunim

Thus addressed, the righteous King Daśaratha then replied to the greatly blessed great sage Viśvāmitra:

Words: ity evam ukto — thus addressed; dharmātmā — the righteous; rājā — king; daśarathas — Daśaratha; tadā — then; pratyuvāca — replied; mahābhāgaṃ — the greatly blessed; viśvāmitraṃ — Viśvāmitra; mahāmunim — the great sage

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.