Verse 5·VR 3.17.5

तदा आसीनस्य रामस्य कथा संसक्त चेतसः | तम् देशम् राक्षसी काचिद् आजगाम यदृच्छ्हया || ३-१७-५

saa tu shuurpaNakhaa naama dashagriivasya rakShasaH |bhaginii raamam aasaadya dadarsha tridasha upamam || 3-17-6

Translation

At one time when Rama is sitting in hermitage and heartily absorbed in telling narratives some demoness arrived at that place, fortuitously. [3-17-5]

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Surpanakha's Entry into Legend

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