Araṇya Kāṇḍa 38: Rāvaṇa compels Mārīca · 3.38.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.38.1

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 38: Rāvaṇa compels Mārīca. He rejects unwelcome advice, offers half his Kingdom for help and threatens immediate death if Mārīca refuses the deer disguise

In the sequence: Rāvaṇa refuses Mārīca's advice and declares that neither Suras nor asuras can change his decision to take Sītā

3.38.1

mārīcena tu tad vākyaṃ kṣamaṃ yuktaṃ ca rāvaṇaḥ
ukto na pratijagrāha martukāma ivauṣadham

Though addressed by Mārīca with those words, fitting and proper, Rāvaṇa did not accept them, like a man wishing to die (refusing) his medicine.

Words: mārīcena tu — but by Mārīca; tad vākyaṃ — those words; kṣamaṃ — fitting; yuktaṃ ca — and proper; rāvaṇaḥ — Rāvaṇa; ukto — addressed; na pratijagrāha — did not accept; martukāma — wishing to die; ivauṣadham — like medicine

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.