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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.3.22

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 3: Vālmīki sees the whole narrative. Vālmīki sees the narrative through meditation and sets out its events, including those still to come

In the sequence: it includes the signet-ring, the cavern, the searchers' resolve to fast to death, Saṃpāti, Hanumān's leap, his search through Laṅkā, Sītā and Trijaṭā, the recognition tokens, the fighting, capture, and burning of the city

1.3.22

maṇipradānaṃ sītāyā vṛkṣabhaṅgaṃ tathaiva ca
rākṣasīvidravaṃ caiva kiṃkarāṇāṃ nibarhaṇam

the giving of the jewel by Sītā; likewise the breaking of the trees; the fleeing of the rākṣasīs, and the slaying of the servant-demons;

Words: maṇipradānaṃ — the giving of the jewel; sītāyā — by Sītā; vṛkṣabhaṅgaṃ — the breaking of the trees; tathaiva ca — and likewise; rākṣasīvidravaṃ — the fleeing of the demonesses; caiva — and; kiṃkarāṇāṃ — of the servant-demons; nibarhaṇam — the slaying, destruction

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.