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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.35.23

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 urges consultation with Vibhīṣaṇa and the other ministers, and an honest comparison of their own strength with Rāma's → he begins further counsel based on personal experience.

3.35.23

ahaṃ tu manye tava na kṣamaṃ raṇe samāgamaṃ kosalarājasūnunā
idaṃ hi bhūyaḥ śṛṇu vākyam uttamaṃ kṣamaṃ ca yuktaṃ ca niśācarādhipa

But I think that an encounter in battle with the son of the Kosala king is not good for you; so hear this further excellent counsel of mine, fitting and proper, O lord of the night-rangers.

Words: ahaṃ tu — but I; manye — think; tava — for you; na kṣamaṃ — not advisable, not fitting; raṇe — in battle; samāgamaṃ — an encounter, meeting; kosalarājasūnunā — with the son of the Kosala king; idaṃ hi — for this; bhūyaḥ — further, again; śṛṇu — hear; vākyam uttamaṃ — excellent counsel; kṣamaṃ ca — fitting and; yuktaṃ ca — and proper; niśācarādhipa — O lord of night-rangers

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.