Araṇya Kāṇḍa 46: Rāvaṇa boasts of his power · 3.46.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.46.1

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 46: Rāvaṇa boasts of his power. He recounts defeating Kubera and seizing Puṣpaka, offers Laṅkā’s pleasures and is rebuked by Sītā for disgracing his lineage

In the sequence: Rāvaṇa identifies himself as Kubera's half-brother and boasts that Devas and other beings flee before him

3.46.1

evaṃ bruvatyāṃ sītāyāṃ saṃrabdhaḥ paruṣākṣaram
lalāṭe bhrukuṭīṃ kṛtvā rāvaṇaḥ pratyuvāca ha

While Sītā was speaking thus, Rāvaṇa, enraged, knitting his brows into a frown upon his forehead, replied in harsh words:

Words: evaṃ — thus; bruvatyāṃ — as she was speaking; sītāyāṃ — Sītā; saṃrabdhaḥ — enraged, agitated; paruṣākṣaram — in harsh syllables; lalāṭe — on the forehead; bhrukuṭīṃ — a frown, knitting of brows; kṛtvā — having made; rāvaṇaḥ — Rāvaṇa; pratyuvāca — replied; ha — indeed

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.