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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.32.24

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.

3.32.24

niśamya rāmeṇa śarair ajihmagair hatāñ janasthānagatān niśācarān
kharaṃ ca buddhvā nihataṃ ca dūṣaṇaṃ tvam adya kṛtyaṃ pratipattum arhasi

Having heard how the night-rangers dwelling in Janasthāna were slain by Rāma with his straight-flying arrows, and learning that Khara and Dūṣaṇa were killed, you ought now to determine your course of action.

Words: niśamya — having heard; rāmeṇa — by Rāma; śarair ajihmagair — with straight-flying arrows; hatāñ — slain; janasthānagatān — dwelling in Janasthāna; niśācarān — the night-rangers; kharaṃ ca — and Khara; buddhvā — having realized, learned; nihataṃ — slain; ca — and; dūṣaṇaṃ — Dūṣaṇa; tvam — you; adya — now, today; kṛtyaṃ — the thing to be done, course of action; pratipattum — to determine, decide upon; arhasi — you ought

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.