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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.46.10

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: he describes Laṅkā's walls, golden courts, gardens, traffic, and abundance, promising Sītā pleasures that will make her forget Rāma

3.46.10

mama pāre samudrasya laṅkā nāma purī śubhā
saṃpūrṇā rākṣasair ghorair yathendrasyāmarāvatī

On the far shore of the ocean lies my splendid city named Laṅkā, filled with fearsome rākṣasas, like Indra's Amarāvatī.

Words: mama — my; pāre — on the farther shore; samudrasya — of the ocean; laṅkā — Laṅkā; nāma — by name; purī — city; śubhā — splendid, fair; saṃpūrṇā — filled, full; rākṣasair — with rākṣasas; ghorair — fearsome; yathendrasyāmarāvatī — like Indra's Amarāvatī

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.