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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.33.2

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 33: Rāvaṇa’s flight and Garuḍa’s story. He passes the banyan of Garuḍa’s broken branch and amṛta quest, then reaches Mārīca’s hermitage

In the sequence: After hearing Śūrpaṇakhā, Rāvaṇa dismisses his ministers and settles on a course of action

3.33.2

tat kāryam anugamyātha yathāvad upalabhya ca
doṣāṇāṃ ca guṇānāṃ ca saṃpradhārya balābalam

Then, having pursued that matter and duly grasped it, and having weighed the strength and weakness of its faults and merits,

Words: tat kāryam — that task, matter; anugamyātha — having pursued, and then; yathāvad — duly, properly; upalabhya ca — and having grasped, ascertained; doṣāṇāṃ ca — of the faults; guṇānāṃ ca — and of the merits; saṃpradhārya — having weighed, considered; balābalam — the relative strength (strength and weakness)

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.