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Overview
Subāhu, spelled Suváhu by Griffith, attacks Viśvāmitra’s rite with Mārīca and a company of rākṣasas. They approach through the sky surrounded by magically produced gloom and drop blood onto the sacred ground. Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa have been keeping a prolonged watch for this interruption.
The brothers’ response separates the two named attackers. A weapon throws Mārīca into the ocean alive, whereas Rāma strikes Subāhu in the chest with a fiery shaft and kills him. The remaining attackers are dispersed by another divine weapon. Subāhu’s role in this passage is a ritual assailant, with no separate animal disguise described.
Origins & earliest records
South Asian Rāmāyaṇa narrative tradition
Records & interpretation
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Selected bibliography
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The Rámáyan of Válmíki
Translation title page gives 1870–1874; Book I XXXII, pp. 44–45. English verse wording attributed to Griffith.
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Primary records and illustrations
The Rámáyan of Válmíki
Book I. I XXXII, pp. 44–45
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- Historical primary-text translationGriffith Rāmāyaṇa — Book I XXXII, pp. 44–45Research access: 2026-10-05
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