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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.32.20

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.

3.32.20

yadi tasyām abhiprāyo bhāryārthe tava jāyate
śīghram uddhriyatāṃ pādo jayārtham iha dakṣiṇaḥ

If a desire for her as your wife arises in you, then let your right foot be lifted at once, here, for the sake of victory.

Words: yadi — if; tasyām — for her, in her; abhiprāyo — intention, desire; bhāryārthe — for the sake of a wife; tava — your; jāyate — arises, is born; śīghram — quickly, at once; uddhriyatāṃ — let it be lifted up; pādo — foot; jayārtham — for the sake of victory; iha — here; dakṣiṇaḥ — right

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.