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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.31.23

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 31: Śūrpaṇakhā rebukes Rāvaṇa. She exposes his ignorance of Janasthāna’s destruction and warns that pleasure, failed intelligence and neglect will cost him his Kingdom

In the sequence: she repeats that his failed intelligence and poor judgment will bring him grief → Rāvaṇa reflects on her accusations.

3.31.23

iti svadoṣān parikīrtitāṃs tayā samīkṣya buddhyā kṣaṇadācareśvaraḥ
dhanena darpeṇa balena cānvito vicintayām āsa ciraṃ sa rāvaṇaḥ

Thus, having with his mind weighed the faults she had recounted, that lord of the night-rangers, endowed with wealth, pride, and power, Rāvaṇa reflected long.

Words: iti — thus; svadoṣān — his own faults; parikīrtitāṃs — recounted, enumerated; tayā — by her; samīkṣya — having weighed, considered; buddhyā — with his mind, intellect; kṣaṇadācareśvaraḥ — the lord of the night-rangers; dhanena — with wealth; darpeṇa — with pride; balena — with power, strength; cānvito — and endowed; vicintayām āsa — reflected, pondered; ciraṃ — long, for a long while; sa rāvaṇaḥ — that Rāvaṇa

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.