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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.47.17

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 47: Sītā’s abduction. Rāvaṇa reveals his ten-faced form and lifts her into his flying chariot, she calls on the forest, river and Jaṭāyu to inform Rāma

In the sequence: the vanadevatās flee, and his magical donkey-drawn chariot appears

3.47.17

taṃ dṛṣṭvā giriśṛṅgābhaṃ tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭraṃ mahābhujam
prādravan mṛtyusaṃkāśaṃ bhayārtā vanadevatāḥ

Seeing him — huge as a mountain peak, sharp-fanged, mighty-armed, and terrible as Death — the forest deities fled in terror.

Words: taṃ — him; dṛṣṭvā — seeing; giriśṛṅgābhaṃ — resembling a mountain peak; tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭraṃ — with sharp fangs; mahābhujam — great-armed; prādravan — fled; mṛtyusaṃkāśaṃ — resembling Death; bhayārtā — stricken with fear; vanadevatāḥ — the forest deities

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.