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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.42.13

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 42: Mārīca’s false cry. Mortally wounded, he calls in Rāma’s voice, Rāma fears for Sītā and takes another deer’s meat before hurrying back

In the sequence: the arrow pierces Mārīca's heart → he leaps into the air and falls, mortally wounded

3.42.13

tālamātram athotpatya nyapatat sa śarāturaḥ
vyanadad bhairavaṃ nādaṃ dharaṇyām alpajīvitaḥ
mriyamāṇas tu mārīco jahau tāṃ kṛtrimāṃ tanum

Springing up the height of a palm-tree, tormented by the arrow, he fell; with little life left, he uttered a fearful cry upon the ground; and dying, Mārīca cast off that false body.

Words: tālamātram — the height of a palm-tree; athotpatya — then having sprung up; nyapatat — fell down; sa śarāturaḥ — he, tormented by the arrow; vyanadad — uttered (a cry); bhairavaṃ nādaṃ — a fearful cry; dharaṇyām — upon the ground; alpajīvitaḥ — with little life left; mriyamāṇas tu — and dying; mārīco — Mārīca; jahau — cast off, abandoned; tāṃ kṛtrimāṃ tanum — that false body

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.