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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.35.12
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: he corrects Rāvaṇa's account: Rāma was not expelled for misconduct, but voluntarily honored the promise that Kaikeyī had extracted from Daśaratha
3.35.12
na rāmaḥ karkaśas tāta nāvidvān nājitendriyaḥ
anṛtaṃ na śrutaṃ caiva naiva tvaṃ vaktum arhasi
Rāma is not harsh, my dear, nor ignorant, nor unmastered in his senses; no falsehood of his has ever been heard—you must not speak so.
Words: na rāmaḥ — Rāma is not; karkaśas — harsh, rough; tāta — my dear; nāvidvān — nor ignorant; nājitendriyaḥ — nor of unsubdued senses; anṛtaṃ — a falsehood; na śrutaṃ caiva — has never been heard; naiva — not at all; tvaṃ — you; vaktum — to speak; arhasi — ought
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.