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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.45.30

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

3.45.30

mahābāhuṃ mahoraskaṃ siṃhavikrāntagāminam
nṛsiṃhaṃ siṃhasaṃkāśam ahaṃ rāmam anuvratā

'Mighty-armed, broad-chested, striding with a lion's gait, a lion among men and lion-like in form — to that Rāma I am devoted.'

Words: mahābāhuṃ — mighty-armed; mahoraskaṃ — broad-chested; siṃhavikrāntagāminam — moving with a lion's stride; nṛsiṃhaṃ — a lion among men; siṃhasaṃkāśam — resembling a lion; ahaṃ — I; rāmam — Rāma; anuvratā — devoted (to)

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.