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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.37.9

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: recalling his old grievance and again underestimating Rāma, he charged to kill him

3.37.9

so 'haṃ vanagataṃ rāmaṃ paribhūya mahābalam
tāpaso 'yam iti jñātvā pūrvavairam anusmaran

So I, holding in contempt the mighty Rāma who had gone to the forest, thinking 'This is (only) an ascetic,' and recalling my former enmity,

Words: so 'haṃ — so I; vanagataṃ — gone to the forest; rāmaṃ — Rāma; paribhūya — having despised, held in contempt; mahābalam — the mighty; tāpaso 'yam iti — 'this is an ascetic'; jñātvā — having thought, judged; pūrvavairam — former enmity; anusmaran — recalling

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.