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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.34.13

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 34: Rāvaṇa’s abduction plan. Mārīca must become a golden deer to lure the brothers away, leaving Sītā unguarded and Rāma vulnerable to grief

In the sequence: he announces his intention to abduct Sītā and flatters Mārīca's power as the help he needs

3.34.13

tasya bhāryāṃ janasthānāt sītāṃ surasutopamām
ānayiṣyāmi vikramya sahāyas tatra me bhava

I shall carry off by force his wife Sītā, like a daughter of the gods, from Janasthāna—be my helper in this.

Words: tasya — his; bhāryāṃ — wife; janasthānāt — from Janasthāna; sītāṃ — Sītā; surasutopamām — like a daughter of the gods; ānayiṣyāmi — I shall bring, carry off; vikramya — having used force, striding forth; sahāyas — a helper; tatra — there, in this; me — my, for me; bhava — be

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.