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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.44.29

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 44: Rāvaṇa’s parivrājaka disguise. He approaches Sītā with Vedic words and praise of her beauty, she receives him as a brāhmaṇa guest

In the sequence: he says the dangerous forest is no place for her and that palaces, gardens, fine clothing, and a suitable husband would better match her

3.44.29

madānvitānāṃ ghorāṇāṃ kuñjarāṇāṃ tarasvinām
katham ekā mahāraṇye na bibheṣi vanānane

How, alone in the great forest, do you not fear the fearsome, powerful elephants in rut, O fair, forest-dwelling one? [vanānane: perh. for varānane, 'fair-faced'.]

Words: madānvitānāṃ — of those in rut; ghorāṇāṃ — fearsome; kuñjarāṇāṃ — of elephants; tarasvinām — powerful, swift; katham — how; ekā — alone; mahāraṇye — in the great forest; na — not; bibheṣi — do you fear; vanānane — O fair, forest-dwelling one (source: vanānane)

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.