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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.32.18

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 32: Śūrpaṇakhā describes Sītā. She recounts Rāma’s victory, praises Sītā’s beauty and urges Rāvaṇa to kill the brothers and take her as his wife

In the sequence: she now claims that she had intended to bring Sītā to him as a wife

3.32.18

tāṃ tu vistīrṇajaghanāṃ pīnottuṅgapayodharām
bhāryārthe tu tavānetum udyatāhaṃ varānanām

I was ready to bring her here for you as your wife—broad-hipped, with full high breasts, and a lovely face.

Words: tāṃ tu — and her; vistīrṇajaghanāṃ — broad-hipped; pīnottuṅgapayodharām — with full, high breasts; bhāryārthe — for the sake of a wife; tu — indeed; tavānetum — to bring (her) for you; udyatāhaṃ — I was ready; varānanām — of lovely face

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.