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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.2.11
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 challenges the brothers for wearing the clothing of a tapasvin while carrying weapons and traveling with a woman → identifying himself as Virādha, a rākṣasa who eats ṛṣis, he declares that Sītā will become his wife and that he will drink the brothers' blood
3.2.11
praviṣṭau daṇḍakāraṇyaṃ śaracāpāsidhāriṇau
kathaṃ tāpasayor vāṃ ca vāsaḥ pramadayā saha
— you have entered the Daṇḍaka forest bearing arrows, bows, and swords. How, being ascetics, do you two dwell here together with a woman?
Words: praviṣṭau — (you two) having entered; daṇḍakāraṇyaṃ — the Daṇḍaka forest; śaracāpāsidhāriṇau — bearing arrows, bows and swords; kathaṃ — how; tāpasayor — of you two ascetics; vāṃ — of you two; ca — and; vāsaḥ — dwelling, residence; pramadayā — with a woman; saha — together with
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.