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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.39.15

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 39: Mārīca’s final warning. He condemns advisers who fail to restrain a destructive ruler and predicts that the abduction will kill them both and ruin Laṅkā

In the sequence: he predicts destruction for the rākṣasas under Rāvaṇa's leadership

3.39.15

avaśyaṃ vinaśiṣyanti sarve rāvaṇarākṣasāḥ
yeṣāṃ tvaṃ karkaśo rājā durbuddhir ajitendriyaḥ

Assuredly all the rākṣasas of Rāvaṇa will perish—those whose king you are, harsh, of evil mind, and with unsubdued senses.

Words: avaśyaṃ — assuredly; vinaśiṣyanti — will perish; sarve — all; rāvaṇarākṣasāḥ — the rākṣasas of Rāvaṇa; yeṣāṃ — of whom; tvaṃ — you; karkaśo — harsh; rājā — king; durbuddhir — of evil mind; ajitendriyaḥ — with unsubdued senses

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.