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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.45.19

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

3.45.19

samāśvasa muhūrtaṃ tu śakyaṃ vastum iha tvayā
āgamiṣyati me bhartā vanyam ādāya puṣkalam

'Rest a while; you may stay here. My husband will soon return, bringing an abundance of forest fare.'

Words: samāśvasa — rest, take comfort; muhūrtaṃ — for a while; tu — and; śakyaṃ — it is possible; vastum — to stay; iha — here; tvayā — by you; āgamiṣyati — will come; me — my; bhartā — husband; vanyam — forest produce; ādāya — having gathered; puṣkalam — abundant

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.