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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.17.10

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 17: Śūrpaṇakhā attacks Sītā. The brothers’ teasing turns to danger, Rāma orders her disfigurement, Lakṣmaṇa cuts off her ears and nose and she flees

In the sequence: Lakṣmaṇa smiles and says that, as Rāma's dependent, he could only make her a servant's wife → he sends her back to Rāma, suggesting that Rāma will abandon Sītā for her

3.17.10

samṛddhārthasya siddhārthā muditāmalavarṇinī
āryasya tvaṃ viśālākṣi bhāryā bhava yavīyasī

Become instead the younger wife of the noble one (Rāma), of abundant fortune, O large-eyed one — then, with your aim achieved, delighted and of spotless complexion.

Words: samṛddhārthasya — of him of abundant fortune; siddhārthā — with your aim achieved; muditāmalavarṇinī — delighted and of spotless complexion; āryasya — of the noble one; tvaṃ — you; viśālākṣi — O large-eyed one; bhāryā — wife; bhava — become; yavīyasī — the younger (wife)

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.