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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.45.10

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: she describes Rāma as twenty-five and praises his character

3.45.10

mama bhartā mahātejā vayasā pañcaviṃśakaḥ
rāmeti prathito loke guṇavān satyavāk śuciḥ
viśālākṣo mahābāhuḥ sarvabhūtahite rataḥ

'My husband, of great splendor, twenty-five years of age, renowned in the world as "Rāma," is virtuous, truthful, pure, large-eyed, mighty-armed, and devoted to the welfare of all beings.'

Words: mama — my; bhartā — husband; mahātejā — of great splendor; vayasā — in age; pañcaviṃśakaḥ — twenty-five (years old); rāmeti — 'Rāma' thus; prathito — renowned; loke — in the world; guṇavān — virtuous; satyavāk — truthful of speech; śuciḥ — pure; viśālākṣo — large-eyed; mahābāhuḥ — mighty-armed; sarvabhūtahite — in the welfare of all beings; rataḥ — devoted

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.