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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.45.18

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

3.45.18

te vayaṃ pracyutā rājyāt kaileyyās tu kṛte trayaḥ
vicarāma dvijaśreṣṭha vanaṃ gambhīram ojasā

'Cast out from the kingdom for Kaikeyī's sake, we three, O best of Brahmins, now roam this deep forest by our own strength.'

Words: te — those; vayaṃ — we; pracyutā — fallen, cast out; rājyāt — from the kingdom; kaileyyās — of Kaikeyī (var. Kaileyī); tu — indeed; kṛte — for the sake; trayaḥ — three; vicarāma — we roam; dvijaśreṣṭha — O best of the twice-born; vanaṃ — forest; gambhīram — deep, dense; ojasā — by (our own) strength

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. 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.