← 3.37.19 · Araṇya Kāṇḍa 37: Mārīca’s second defeat and terror
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.37.20
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: he tells Rāvaṇa that his knowledge of Rāma's power comes from experience and repeats that ignoring the warning will cost Rāvaṇa and his relatives their lives.
3.37.20
idaṃ vaco bandhuhitārthinā mayā yathocyamānaṃ yadi nābhipatsyase
sabāndhavas tyakṣyasi jīvitaṃ raṇe hato 'dya rāmeṇa śarair ajihmagaiḥ
If you will not heed this counsel, spoken by me who seek the good of my kin, then, with your kinsmen, you will lose your life in battle, slain today by Rāma with his straight-flying arrows.
Words: idaṃ vaco — this word; bandhuhitārthinā — by (me) who seek the good of (my) kin; mayā — by me; yathocyamānaṃ — as it is being spoken; yadi — if; nābhipatsyase — you will not heed, accept; sabāndhavas — with your kinsmen; tyakṣyasi — you will give up, lose; jīvitaṃ — life; raṇe — in battle; hato 'dya — slain today; rāmeṇa — by Rāma; śarair ajihmagaiḥ — with straight-flying arrows
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.