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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.35.17
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 praises Rāma's character and compares abducting Sītā to seizing the sun's radiance or entering a blazing fire
3.35.17
rājyaṃ sukhaṃ ca saṃtyajya jīvitaṃ ceṣṭam ātmanaḥ
nātyāsādayituṃ tāta rāmāntakam ihārhasi
Do not, my dear, forsaking kingship and happiness and your own dear life, go here to assail Rāma, who is Death himself.
Words: rājyaṃ — kingship; sukhaṃ ca — and happiness; saṃtyajya — having forsaken; jīvitaṃ — life; ceṣṭam — and dear; ātmanaḥ — your own; nātyāsādayituṃ — not to attack, assail; tāta — my dear; rāmāntakam — Rāma who is Death; ihārhasi — here you 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.