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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.44.35

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: Rāvaṇa smiles while planning the abduction → Sītā continues looking for the brothers, but neither is in sight.

3.44.35

nimantryamāṇaḥ pratipūrṇabhāṣiṇīṃ narendrapatnīṃ prasamīkṣya maithilīm
prahasya tasyā haraṇe dhṛtaṃ manaḥ samarpayām āsa vadhāya rāvaṇaḥ

Being thus invited, gazing upon Maithilī, the king's wife, gracious in her speech, Rāvaṇa smiled and, his mind set upon carrying her off, thereby delivered himself up to his own destruction.

Words: nimantryamāṇaḥ — being invited; pratipūrṇabhāṣiṇīṃ — gracious, full in her speech; narendrapatnīṃ — the wife of the king; prasamīkṣya — having gazed upon; maithilīm — Maithilī; prahasya — having smiled; tasyā — her; haraṇe — on the abduction; dhṛtaṃ — fixed, held; manaḥ — mind; samarpayām āsa — delivered up, directed; vadhāya — toward (his own) destruction; rāvaṇaḥ — Rāvaṇa

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.