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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.36.7

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: Viśvāmitra insisted that Rāma alone was capable and took him to the hermitage

3.36.7

ity evam uktaḥ sa munī rājānaṃ punar abravīt
rāmān nānyad balaṃ loke paryāptaṃ tasya rakṣasaḥ

Thus addressed, the sage spoke to the king again: 'No power in the world other than Rāma is a match for that rākṣasa.'

Words: ity evam uktaḥ — thus addressed; sa munī — that sage; rājānaṃ — to the king; punar abravīt — spoke again; rāmān — than Rāma; nānyad — no other; balaṃ — power, force; loke — in the world; paryāptaṃ — sufficient, a match; tasya rakṣasaḥ — for that rākṣasa

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.