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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.2.16
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: in his distress, Rāma tells Lakṣmaṇa that Kaikeyī's wish has now been fulfilled
3.2.16
paśya saumya narendrasya janakasyātmasaṃbhavām
mama bhāryāṃ śubhācārāṃ virādhāṅke praveśitām
atyanta sukhasaṃvṛddhāṃ rājaputrīṃ yaśasvinīm
"Look, gentle brother, at the daughter of King Janaka, my wife of pure conduct, borne into Virādha's grasp — a princess reared in utmost comfort, an illustrious one.
Words: paśya — look, behold; saumya — O gentle one; narendrasya — of the king; janakasyātmasaṃbhavām — the daughter of Janaka; mama — my; bhāryāṃ — wife; śubhācārāṃ — of pure conduct; virādhāṅke — in Virādha's lap; praveśitām — brought into, made to enter; atyanta — utterly, exceedingly; sukhasaṃvṛddhāṃ — reared in comfort; rājaputrīṃ — the princess; yaśasvinīm — the illustrious one
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.