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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.45.16

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 explains that Lakṣmaṇa accompanied them and invites the guest to wait for Rāma's return with forest provisions

3.45.16

tasya bhrātā tu vaimātro lakṣmaṇo nāma vīryavān
rāmasya puruṣavyāghraḥ sahāyaḥ samare 'rihā

'His half-brother, born of another mother, valiant Lakṣmaṇa by name — a tiger among men — is Rāma's companion, a slayer of foes in battle.'

Words: tasya — his; bhrātā — brother; tu — and; vaimātro — born of another mother; lakṣmaṇo — Lakṣmaṇa; nāma — by name; vīryavān — valiant; rāmasya — of Rāma; puruṣavyāghraḥ — a tiger among men; sahāyaḥ — companion; samare — in battle; 'rihā — slayer of foes

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.