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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.17.7

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: she immediately approaches Lakṣmaṇa and proposes that they live together

3.17.7

asya rūpasya te yuktā bhāryāhaṃ varavarṇinī
mayā saha sukhaṃ sarvān daṇḍakān vicariṣyasi

“I, of lovely complexion, am a fit wife for this beauty of yours; with me you shall roam happily through all the Daṇḍaka wilds.

Words: asya — this; rūpasya — of the beauty; te — your; yuktā — suited, fit; bhāryāhaṃ — I as a wife; varavarṇinī — of lovely complexion; mayā saha — with me; sukhaṃ — happily; sarvān — all; daṇḍakān — the Daṇḍaka wilds; vicariṣyasi — you shall roam

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.