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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.45.9

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

3.45.9

iti bruvāṇāṃ kaikeyīṃ śvaśuro me sa mānadaḥ
ayācatārthair anvarthair na ca yācñāṃ cakāra sā

'My honor-giving father-in-law implored Kaikeyī, who spoke thus, with offers of fitting riches, yet she would not heed his entreaty.'

Words: iti — thus; bruvāṇāṃ — speaking; kaikeyīṃ — Kaikeyī; śvaśuro — father-in-law; me — my; sa — he; mānadaḥ — the honor-giving one; ayācatārthair — implored with riches; anvarthair — fitting, meaningful; na — not; ca — and; yācñāṃ — the entreaty; cakāra — did, heeded; sā — she

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.