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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.45.15

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

3.45.15

dadyān na pratigṛhṇīyāt satyabrūyān na cānṛtam
etad brāhmaṇa rāmasya vrataṃ dhruvam anuttamam

'He would give but never take, would speak the truth and never a lie: such, O Brahmin, is Rāma's firm and unexcelled vow.'

Words: dadyān — he would give; na — not; pratigṛhṇīyāt — he would take; satyabrūyān — he would speak truth; na — not; cānṛtam — and untruth; etad — this; brāhmaṇa — O Brahmin; rāmasya — of Rāma; vrataṃ — vow; dhruvam — firm, constant; anuttamam — unsurpassed

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.