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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.36.27

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 predicts a burning Laṅkā surrounded by arrows and urges Rāvaṇa to remain content with his own wives → abducting Sītā will bring death to him and his relatives.

3.36.27

mānaṃ vṛddhiṃ ca rājyaṃ ca jīvitaṃ ceṣṭam iātmanaḥ
yadīcchasi ciraṃ bhoktuṃ mā kṛthā rāma vipriyam

If you wish long to enjoy honour, prosperity, kingship, and your own dear life, do not do what is displeasing to Rāma.

Words: mānaṃ — honour; vṛddhiṃ ca — and prosperity, growth; rājyaṃ ca — and kingship; jīvitaṃ — life; ceṣṭam — and dear; iātmanaḥ — your own [source typo for ātmanaḥ]; yadīcchasi — if you wish; ciraṃ — long, for a long time; bhoktuṃ — to enjoy; mā kṛthā — do not do; rāma — (to) Rāma (compound-initial); vipriyam — displeasure, offence

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.