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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.33.3

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

3.33.3

iti kartavyam ity eva kṛtvā niścayam ātmanaḥ
sthirabuddhis tato ramyāṃ yānaśālāṃ jagāma ha

and having made his own firm decision, 'Thus it must be done,' then, steady of mind, he went to the lovely chariot-hall.

Words: iti kartavyam — 'thus it is to be done'; ity eva — just so; kṛtvā — having made; niścayam — decision, resolve; ātmanaḥ — his own; sthirabuddhis — firm of mind; tato — then; ramyāṃ — lovely; yānaśālāṃ — the chariot-hall; jagāma ha — he went

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.