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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.45.8

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: she recounts Kaikeyī's demands for Bharata's succession and Rāma's exile, and Daśaratha's unsuccessful attempts to change her mind

3.45.8

nādya bhokṣye na ca svapsye na pāsye 'haṃ kadā cana
eṣa me jīvitasyānto rāmo yady abhiṣicyate

'I shall not eat today, nor ever sleep or drink again; this will be the end of my life, if Rāma is consecrated.'

Words: nādya — not today; bhokṣye — I will eat; na — not; ca — and; svapsye — I will sleep; na — not; pāsye — I will drink; 'haṃ — I; kadā — ever; cana — at all; eṣa — this; me — my; jīvitasyānto — the end of (my) life; rāmo — Rāma; yady — if; abhiṣicyate — is consecrated

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.