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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.32.21

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.

3.32.21

kuru priyaṃ tathā teṣāṃ rakṣasāṃ rākṣaseśvara
vadhāt tasya nṛśaṃsasya rāmasyāśramavāsinaḥ

So do a kindness to those rākṣasas, O lord of rākṣasas, by slaying that cruel Rāma who dwells in the hermitage.

Words: kuru — do, make; priyaṃ — a kindness, favour; tathā — so, thus; teṣāṃ — to those; rakṣasāṃ — rākṣasas; rākṣaseśvara — O lord of rākṣasas; vadhāt — by the slaying; tasya — of that; nṛśaṃsasya — cruel; rāmasyāśramavāsinaḥ — of Rāma who dwells in the hermitage

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.