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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.38.19

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

3.38.19

gaccha saumya śivaṃ mārgaṃ kāryasyāsya vivṛddhaye
prāpya sītām ayuddhena vañcayitvā tu rāghavam
laṅkāṃ prati gamiṣyāmi kṛtakāryaḥ saha tvayā

Go, gentle one, by an auspicious road, for the furtherance of this task; having won Sītā without a fight, deceiving Rāghava, I shall return to Laṅkā, my object accomplished, together with you.

Words: gaccha — go; saumya — O gentle one; śivaṃ mārgaṃ — by an auspicious road; kāryasyāsya — of this task; vivṛddhaye — for the furtherance; prāpya sītām — having won Sītā; ayuddhena — without a fight; vañcayitvā — having deceived; tu — indeed; rāghavam — Rāghava; laṅkāṃ prati — towards Laṅkā; gamiṣyāmi — I shall go; kṛtakāryaḥ — having accomplished (my) task; saha tvayā — together with you

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.