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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.44.31

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: believing him to be a brāhmaṇa guest, Sītā offers a grass seat, water for his feet, and prepared forest food

3.44.31

iti praśastā vaidehī rāvaṇena durātmanā
dvijātiveṣeṇa hi taṃ dṛṣṭvā rāvaṇam āgatam
sarvair atithisatkāraiḥ pūjayām āsa maithilī

Thus praised by the wicked Rāvaṇa — and seeing him, Rāvaṇa, come in the guise of a brahmin — Maithilī honored him with all the courtesies due a guest.

Words: iti — thus; praśastā — praised; vaidehī — Vaidehī; rāvaṇena — by Rāvaṇa; durātmanā — the wicked; dvijātiveṣeṇa — in the guise of a brahmin; hi — indeed; taṃ — him; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; rāvaṇam — Rāvaṇa; āgatam — come, arrived; sarvair — with all; atithisatkāraiḥ — with hospitalities due a guest; pūjayām āsa — honored; maithilī — Maithilī

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.