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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.34.20

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: Rāvaṇa expects her to ask the brothers to catch it, leaving the hut unguarded → he plans to abduct her in their absence and later kill Rāma when grief has weakened him

3.34.20

tataḥ paścāt sukhaṃ rāme bhāryāharaṇakarśite
visrabdhaṃ prahariṣyāmi kṛtārthenāntarātmanā

Then afterwards, when Rāma is worn down by the carrying-off of his wife, I shall strike him at ease and with confidence, my inmost self content.

Words: tataḥ paścāt — then afterwards; sukhaṃ — at ease, happily; rāme — when Rāma (is); bhāryāharaṇakarśite — worn down by the carrying-off of his wife; visrabdhaṃ — confidently, without fear; prahariṣyāmi — I shall strike; kṛtārthenāntarātmanā — with my inmost self satisfied

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.