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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.21.4

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 21: Khara’s army mobilizes. Dūṣaṇa assembles fourteen thousand rākṣasas, Khara mounts his chariot and the armed force marches from Janasthāna

In the sequence: he promises to kill both brothers and let her drink Rāma's blood → reassured, she praises him again

3.21.4

bāṣpaḥ saṃhriyatām eṣa saṃbhramaś ca vimucyatām
ahaṃ rāmaḥ saha bhrātrā nayāmi yamasādanam

Let these tears be checked, and let your agitation be dismissed; I shall send Rāma, together with his brother, to the abode of Yama.

Words: bāṣpaḥ — tears; saṃhriyatām — let it be checked, withheld; eṣa — this; saṃbhramaś — agitation, flurry; ca — and; vimucyatām — let it be dismissed, released; ahaṃ — I; rāmaḥ — Rāma (as object); saha — with; bhrātrā — (his) brother; nayāmi — I shall lead, send; yamasādanam — to the abode of Yama

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.