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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.36.21

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 36: Mārīca’s story of his first defeat. He recalls attacking Viśvāmitra’s sacrifice and being hurled a hundred yojanas into the sea by the young Rāma’s arrow

In the sequence: he warns that Rāvaṇa's proposed war will likewise destroy the rākṣasas, including innocent people caught up in their ruler's wrongdoing

3.36.21

harmyaprāsādasaṃbādhāṃ nānāratnavibhūuṣitām
drakṣyasi tvaṃ purīṃ laṅkāṃ vinaṣṭāṃ maithilīkṛte

You will see the city of Laṅkā—crowded with mansions and palaces, adorned with jewels of every kind—brought to ruin for the sake of Maithilī.

Words: harmyaprāsādasaṃbādhāṃ — crowded with mansions and palaces; nānāratnavibhūuṣitām — adorned with various jewels [source spells 'vibhūuṣitām']; drakṣyasi — you will see; tvaṃ — you; purīṃ laṅkāṃ — the city of Laṅkā; vinaṣṭāṃ — destroyed, ruined; maithilīkṛte — for the sake of Maithilī

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.