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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.35.6

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 warns that Rāvaṇa does not understand Rāma and may destroy Laṅkā and the entire rākṣasa people through his recklessness

3.35.6

api tvām īśvaraṃ prāpya kāmavṛttaṃ niraṅkuśam
na vinaśyet purī laṅkā tvayā saha sarākṣasā

Having got you—self-willed and unrestrained—as its lord, may the city of Laṅkā not perish, together with you and its rākṣasas!

Words: api — (whether); tvām — you; īśvaraṃ — as lord; prāpya — having obtained; kāmavṛttaṃ — self-willed; niraṅkuśam — unrestrained (without a curb); na vinaśyet — may not perish; purī — the city; laṅkā — Laṅkā; tvayā saha — together with you; sarākṣasā — with its 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.