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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.16.10

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 16: Śūrpaṇakhā’s proposal. Rāvaṇa’s sister asks Rāma to marry her and threatens to eat Sītā & Lakṣmaṇa so they can roam the forest together

In the sequence: the rākṣasī Śūrpaṇakhā, Rāvaṇa's sister, happens to arrive → struck by Rāma's beauty and royal bearing, she becomes attracted to him

3.16.10

nyāyavṛttaṃ sudurvṛttā priyam apriyadarśanā
śarīrajasamāviṣṭā rākṣasī rāmam abravīt

she, of very wicked conduct, (looked on) him of righteous conduct; she, of unpleasant appearance, on him agreeable — and the rākṣasī, possessed by the body-born (god of love), spoke to Rāma:

Words: nyāyavṛttaṃ — of righteous conduct (Rāma); sudurvṛttā — of very wicked conduct (she); priyam — agreeable, dear (Rāma); apriyadarśanā — of unpleasant appearance (she); śarīrajasamāviṣṭā — possessed by the body-born (Kāma); rākṣasī — the rākṣasī; rāmam — to Rāma; abravīt — spoke

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.