Araṇya Kāṇḍa 45: Rāvaṇa reveals his identity · 3.45.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.45.1

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 45: Rāvaṇa reveals his identity. Sītā recounts her marriage and exile, he offers Queenship in Laṅkā and she rejects him with warnings of destruction

In the sequence: Thinking that a brāhmaṇa guest should not be left unanswered, Sītā introduces herself as Janaka's daughter and Rāma's wife

3.45.1

rāvaṇena tu vaidehī tadā pṛṣṭā jihīrṣuṇā
parivrājakarūpeṇa śaśaṃsātmānam ātmanā

Then, questioned by Rāvaṇa — who longed to carry her off — in the guise of a wandering mendicant, Vaidehī of her own accord declared who she was.

Words: rāvaṇena — by Rāvaṇa; tu — and; vaidehī — Vaidehī (Sītā); tadā — then; pṛṣṭā — questioned; jihīrṣuṇā — by (him) longing to carry (her) off; parivrājakarūpeṇa — in the form of a wandering mendicant; śaśaṃsātmānam — she declared herself; ātmanā — by herself, of her own accord

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.