← 3.37.12 · Araṇya Kāṇḍa 37: Mārīca’s second defeat and terror · 3.37.14 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.37.13

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 37: Mārīca’s second defeat and terror. His deer-form attack costs two companions, he abandons violence but still sees and fears Rāma everywhere

In the sequence: Rāma shot three arrows → remembering the earlier blow, Mārīca sprang away and escaped, but his two companions were killed

3.37.13

parākramajño rāmasya śaṭho dṛṣṭabhayaḥ purā
samutkrāntas tato muktas tāv ubhau rākṣasau hatau

Knowing Rāma's prowess, crafty, and having tasted his terror before, I sprang away and thus escaped; but those two rākṣasas were slain.

Words: parākramajño — knowing (his) prowess; rāmasya — of Rāma; śaṭho — crafty; dṛṣṭabhayaḥ — having seen (his) terror before; purā — before, formerly; samutkrāntas — having sprung away, escaped; tato — then; muktas — released, escaped; tāv ubhau rākṣasau — those two rākṣasas; hatau — were slain (dual)

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.