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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.38.18

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 offers Mārīca half his Kingdom and freedom to go afterward

3.38.18

evaṃ kṛtvā tv idaṃ kāryaṃ yatheṣṭaṃ gaccha rākṣasa
rājyasyārdhaṃ pradāsyāmi mārīca tava suvrata

Having thus done this deed, go where you please, O rākṣasa; I will give you half my kingdom, Mārīca, O man of good vows.

Words: evaṃ kṛtvā — having thus done; tv — indeed; idaṃ kāryaṃ — this deed; yatheṣṭaṃ — as you please; gaccha — go; rākṣasa — O rākṣasa; rājyasyārdhaṃ — half of the kingdom; pradāsyāmi — I will give; mārīca — O Mārīca; tava — to you; suvrata — O man of good vows

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.