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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.2.14
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: Sītā trembles with fear
3.2.14
tasyaivaṃ bruvato dhṛṣṭaṃ virādhasya durātmanaḥ
śrutvā sagarvitaṃ vākyaṃ saṃbhrāntā janakātmajā
sītā prāvepatodvegāt pravāte kadalī yathā
Hearing the insolent, arrogant speech thus spoken by the evil-souled Virādha, the daughter of Janaka was terrified; Sītā trembled with agitation like a plantain in the wind.
Words: tasyaivaṃ — of him thus; bruvato — speaking; dhṛṣṭaṃ — insolent, brazen; virādhasya — of Virādha; durātmanaḥ — evil-souled; śrutvā — having heard; sagarvitaṃ — arrogant, boastful; vākyaṃ — speech, words; saṃbhrāntā — terrified, alarmed; janakātmajā — the daughter of Janaka; sītā — Sītā; prāvepatodvegāt — trembled from agitation; pravāte — in the wind; kadalī — a plantain, banana-tree; yathā — like, as
Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.