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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.32.19

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 urges him to act at once if he desires her: kill Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, avenge the rākṣasas, and take Sītā after removing her protectors.

3.32.19

tāṃ tu dṛṣṭvādya vaidehīṃ pūrṇacandranibhānanām
manmathasya śarāṇāṃ ca tvaṃ vidheyo bhaviṣyasi

But once you have seen that Vaidehī, whose face is like the full moon, you will become subject to the arrows of Manmatha, the god of love.

Words: tāṃ tu — and her; dṛṣṭvādya — having seen today; vaidehīṃ — the Vaidehī; pūrṇacandranibhānanām — whose face is like the full moon; manmathasya — of Manmatha (the love-god); śarāṇāṃ ca — and to the arrows; tvaṃ — you; vidheyo — subject, submissive; bhaviṣyasi — will become

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.