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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.44.4

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 44: Rāvaṇa’s parivrājaka disguise. He approaches Sītā with Vedic words and praise of her beauty, she receives him as a brāhmaṇa guest

In the sequence: he wears an ochre robe and hair tuft and carries a parasol, sandals, staff, and water pot

3.44.4

tām āsasādātibalo bhrātṛbhyāṃ rahitāṃ vane
rahitāṃ sūryacandrābhyāṃ saṃdhyām iva mahattamaḥ

The exceedingly mighty one came upon her, bereft of the two brothers in the forest, as deep darkness comes upon the twilight bereft of sun and moon.

Words: tām — her; āsasādātibalo — the very mighty one came upon; bhrātṛbhyāṃ — of the two brothers; rahitāṃ — bereft, deprived; vane — in the forest; rahitāṃ — bereft; sūryacandrābhyāṃ — of sun and moon; saṃdhyām — the twilight; iva — as; mahattamaḥ — the deep darkness

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.