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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.2.10

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 2: Virādha’s attack. The weapon-bearing man-eater seizes Sītā and claims her as his wife, Lakṣmaṇa steadies Rāma and vows to kill him

In the sequence: he rushes at them, lifts Sītā against his body, and draws away

3.2.10

aṅgenādāya vaidehīm apakramya tato 'bravīt
yuvāṃ jaṭācīradharau sabhāryau kṣīṇajīvitau

having taken up Vaidehī against his body and withdrawn a little, he then said: "You two, wearing matted locks and bark, with a wife, your lives now spent —

Words: aṅgenādāya — having taken up against his body; vaidehīm — Vaidehī (Sītā); apakramya — having withdrawn, stepped aside; tato — then; 'bravīt — said; yuvāṃ — you two; jaṭācīradharau — wearing matted locks and bark; sabhāryau — with a wife; kṣīṇajīvitau — your lives spent

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.