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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.45.28

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: Sītā angrily rejects him and affirms her devotion to Rāma

3.45.28

rāvaṇenaivam uktā tu kupitā janakātmajā
pratyuvācānavadyāṅgī tam anādṛtya rākṣasaṃ

But thus addressed by Rāvaṇa, the daughter of Janaka, flawless of limb, grew angry and, scorning that rākṣasa, replied:

Words: rāvaṇenaivam — by Rāvaṇa thus; uktā — addressed; tu — but; kupitā — angered; janakātmajā — the daughter of Janaka; pratyuvācānavadyāṅgī — the flawless-limbed one replied; tam — him; anādṛtya — disregarding; rākṣasaṃ — the rākṣasa

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.