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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.45.29

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

3.45.29

mahāgirim ivākampyaṃ mahendrasadṛśaṃ patim
mahodadhim ivākṣobhyam ahaṃ rāmam anuvratā

'Unshakable as a great mountain, my husband is the peer of mighty Indra, imperturbable as the vast ocean — to that Rāma I am devoted.'

Words: mahāgirim — a great mountain; ivākampyaṃ — like, unshakable; mahendrasadṛśaṃ — equal to great Indra; patim — husband; mahodadhim — the great ocean; ivākṣobhyam — like, unagitatable; ahaṃ — I; rāmam — Rāma; anuvratā — devoted (to)

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.