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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.2.13

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

3.2.13

carāmi sāyudho nityam ṛṣimāṃsāni bhakṣayan
iyaṃ nārī varārohā mama bharyā bhaviṣyati
yuvayoḥ pāpayoś cāhaṃ pāsyāmi rudhiraṃ mṛdhe

roaming ever armed, feeding on the flesh of sages. This fair-hipped woman shall become my wife, and I shall drink the blood of you two evildoers in battle."

Words: carāmi — I roam; sāyudho — armed; nityam — ever, always; ṛṣimāṃsāni — the flesh of seers; bhakṣayan — feeding on, devouring; iyaṃ — this; nārī — woman; varārohā — fair-hipped, shapely; mama — my; bharyā — wife; bhaviṣyati — shall become; yuvayoḥ — of you two; pāpayoś — evil; cāhaṃ — and I; pāsyāmi — I shall drink; rudhiraṃ — blood; mṛdhe — in battle

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.