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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.38.12
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: he lectures him on a minister's obligation to address a King respectfully and avoid unwelcome words
3.38.12
pañcarūpāṇi rājāno dhārayanty amitaujasaḥ
agner indrasya somasya yamasya varuṇasya ca
auṣṇyaṃ tathā vikramaṃ ca saumyaṃ daṇḍaṃ prasannatām
Kings of boundless energy bear five forms—of Agni, Indra, Soma, Yama, and Varuṇa: heat, valour, mildness, punishment, and graciousness.
Words: pañcarūpāṇi — five forms; rājāno — kings; dhārayanty — bear; amitaujasaḥ — of boundless energy; agner — of Agni; indrasya — of Indra; somasya — of Soma; yamasya — of Yama; varuṇasya ca — and of Varuṇa; auṣṇyaṃ — heat (Agni's); tathā — and; vikramaṃ ca — and valour (Indra's); saumyaṃ — mildness (Soma's); daṇḍaṃ — punishment (Yama's); prasannatām — graciousness (Varuṇa's)
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.