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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.45.31

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

3.45.31

pūrṇacandrānanaṃ vīraṃ rājavatsaṃ jitendriyam
pṛthukīrtiṃ mahābāhum ahaṃ rāmam anuvratā

'Full-moon-faced, heroic, a cherished prince, master of his senses, of wide renown, and mighty-armed — to that Rāma I am devoted.'

Words: pūrṇacandrānanaṃ — full-moon-faced; vīraṃ — hero; rājavatsaṃ — a cherished prince; jitendriyam — master of his senses; pṛthukīrtiṃ — of wide renown; mahābāhum — mighty-armed; 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.