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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.21.5

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

3.21.5

paraśvadhahatasyādya mandaprāṇasya bhūtale
rāmasya rudhiraṃ raktam uṣṇaṃ pāsyasi rākṣasi

Today, O rākṣasī, you shall drink the warm red blood of Rāma, struck down by my battle-axe, his life ebbing, upon the ground.

Words: paraśvadhahatasyādya — of (him) struck by the axe, today; mandaprāṇasya — whose life-breath is faint; bhūtale — upon the ground; rāmasya — of Rāma; rudhiraṃ — blood; raktam — red; uṣṇaṃ — warm, hot; pāsyasi — you shall drink; rākṣasi — O rākṣasī

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.