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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.45.5

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

3.45.5

tataḥ saṃvatsarād ūrdhvaṃ samamanyata me patim
abhiṣecayituṃ rāmaṃ sameto rājamantribhiḥ

'Then, after a year, the king, together with his royal counselors, resolved to consecrate my husband Rāma.'

Words: tataḥ — then; saṃvatsarād — after a year; ūrdhvaṃ — beyond, later; samamanyata — he resolved; me — my; patim — husband; abhiṣecayituṃ — to consecrate; rāmaṃ — Rāma; sameto — joined, together; rājamantribhiḥ — with the royal ministers

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.