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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.35.1

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 35: Mārīca’s warning. He corrects Rāvaṇa’s account of Rāma’s exile, praises Rāma’s character and urges consultation before a plan that could destroy Laṅkā

In the sequence: Mārīca says that pleasant advisers are easy to find, but people willing to speak or hear an unpleasant truth are rare

3.35.1

tac chrutvā rākṣasendrasya vākyaṃ vākyaviśāradaḥ
pratyuvāca mahāprājño mārīco rākṣaseśvaram

Having heard that speech of the lord of rākṣasas, the greatly wise Mārīca, skilled in speech, replied to the lord of rākṣasas:

Words: tac chrutvā — having heard that; rākṣasendrasya — of the lord of rākṣasas; vākyaṃ — speech, words; vākyaviśāradaḥ — skilled in speech; pratyuvāca — replied; mahāprājño — greatly wise; mārīco — Mārīca; rākṣaseśvaram — the lord of rākṣasas

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.