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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.45.22

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: Rāvaṇa now identifies himself as the feared ruler of the rākṣasas

3.45.22

yena vitrāsitā lokāḥ sadevāsurapannagāḥ
ahaṃ sa rāvaṇo nāma sīte rakṣogaṇeśvaraḥ

'I am that very Rāvaṇa by name, O Sītā, lord of the hordes of rākṣasas, by whom the worlds — with their gods, asuras, and serpents — have been terrified.'

Words: yena — by whom; vitrāsitā — terrified; lokāḥ — the worlds; sadevāsurapannagāḥ — with gods, asuras, and serpents; ahaṃ — I; sa — that; rāvaṇo — Rāvaṇa; nāma — by name; sīte — O Sītā; rakṣogaṇeśvaraḥ — lord of the hosts of rākṣasas

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.