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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.45.13

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 tells how Kaikeyī delivered the fourteen-year command and Rāma accepted it to preserve his father's truth

3.45.13

tvayā tu khalu vastavyaṃ nava varṣāṇi pañca ca
vane pravraja kākutstha pitaraṃ mocayānṛtāt

'and you indeed must dwell for fourteen years in the forest; go forth, Kākutstha, and free your father from untruth.'

Words: tvayā — by you; tu — and; khalu — indeed; vastavyaṃ — it must be dwelt; nava — nine; varṣāṇi — years; pañca — five; ca — and; vane — in the forest; pravraja — go forth (into exile); kākutstha — O Kākutstha; pitaraṃ — father; mocayānṛtāt — free from falsehood

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.