Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 34: Rāvaṇa’s Conversation With Śūrpaṇakhā
Text 3.34.2
कश्च रामः कथंवीर्यः किंरूपः किंपराक्रमः।
किमर्थं दण्डकारण्यं प्रविष्टः सः दुरासदम्॥
kaś ca rāmaḥ kathaṁ-vīryaḥ kiṁ-rūpaḥ kiṁ-parākramaḥ
kim-arthaṁ daṇḍakāraṇyaṁ praviṣṭaḥ saḥ durāsadam
kaḥ ca = who is [this]; rāmaḥ = Rāma; katham-vīryaḥ = what is His prowess like; kim-rūpaḥ = how does He look; kim-parākramaḥ = what is His strength; kim-artham = why; daṇḍakāraṇyam = Daṇḍakāraṇya; praviṣṭaḥ = did enter; saḥ = He; durāsadam = the inaccessible.
Who is [this] Rāma? What is His prowess like? How does He look? What is His strength? Why did He enter the inaccessible Daṇḍakāraṇya?