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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.45.4

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: in this account, she says she lived in Rāma's home for a year before Daśaratha planned his installation

3.45.4

saṃvatsaraṃ cādhyuṣitā rāghavasya niveśane
bhuñjānā mānuṣān bhogān sarvakāmasamṛddhinī

'For a year I dwelt in Rāghava's home, enjoying human pleasures, blessed with the fulfillment of every desire.'

Words: saṃvatsaraṃ — for a year; cādhyuṣitā — and having dwelt; rāghavasya — of Rāghava; niveśane — in the abode; bhuñjānā — enjoying; mānuṣān — human; bhogān — pleasures; sarvakāmasamṛddhinī — enjoying abundance of every wish

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.