Shloka 8
शूर्पणखाया आगमनम्
Surpanakha Approaches Rama
सिंहोरस्कं महाबाहुं पद्मपत्रनिभेक्षणम्।आजानुबाहुं दीप्तास्यमतीव प्रियदर्शनम्।।3.17.7।।गजविक्रान्तगमनं जटामण्डलधारिणम्।सुकुमारं महासत्त्वं पार्थिवव्यञ्जनान्वितम्।।3.17.8।।राममिन्दीवरश्यामं कन्दर्पसदृशप्रभम्।बभूवेन्द्रोपमं दृष्ट्वा राक्षसी काममोहिता।।3.17.9।।
siṃhoraskaṃ mahābāhuṃ padmapatranibhekṣaṇam | ājānubāhuṃ dīptāsyam atīva priyadarśanam || gajavikrāntagamanaṃ jaṭāmaṇḍaladhāriṇam | sukumāraṃ mahāsattvaṃ pārthivavyañjanānvitam || rāmam indīvaraśyāmaṃ kandarpasadṛśaprabham | babhūvendropamaṃ dṛṣṭvā rākṣasī kāmamohitā ||
ラーマを見たとき――獅子のごとき胸、偉大なる腕、蓮の花弁のような眼差し。腕は膝に届き、顔は輝き、見る者にこの上なく愛でられる。象の歩みのように堂々と進み、結い上げたジャターの輪を戴く。繊細でありながら大いなる力を宿し、王者の徴を備え、青蓮のごとく黒く、愛神カーマ（Kāma）のように光り輝く――その姿に、羅刹女は欲に惑わされ、インドラ（Indra）にも比すべきものと思い迷った。
Thus addressed, Rama, skilled in speech, laughed and started speaking to that woman of bewitching eyes.इत्यार्षे श्रीमद्रामायणे वाल्मीकीय आदिकाव्ये अरण्यकाण्डे सप्तदशस्सर्गः।।Thus ends the seventeenth sarga of Aranyakanda of the holy Ramayana the first epic composed by sage Valmiki.
FAQs
Uncontrolled kāma (desire) clouds discernment; dharma requires mastery over attraction and the ability to see persons rightly, not as objects of impulse.
The poet describes Rāma’s appearance in detail to explain why Śūrpaṇakhā becomes infatuated and approaches him with improper intent.
Rāma’s royal-luminous bearing even in exile—outer splendour reflecting inner steadiness—contrasted with Śūrpaṇakhā’s desire-driven delusion.