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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.32.23

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.

3.32.23

rocate yadi te vākyaṃ mamaitad rākṣaseśvara
kriyatāṃ nirviśaṅkena vacanaṃ mama rāghava

If this speech of mine pleases you, O lord of rākṣasas, then let my word be carried out without hesitation.

Words: rocate — if it pleases; yadi — if; te — to you; vākyaṃ — speech, word; mamaitad — this of mine; rākṣaseśvara — O lord of rākṣasas; kriyatāṃ — let it be done; nirviśaṅkena — without hesitation; vacanaṃ — word, utterance; mama — my; rāghava — O Rāghava [vocative here anomalously addressed to 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.