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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.46.15

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 belittles Rāma as a weak, dispossessed tapasvin and urges her not to reject him

3.46.15

sthāpayitvā priyaṃ putraṃ rājñā daśarathena yaḥ
mandavīryaḥ suto jyeṣṭhas tataḥ prasthāpito vanam

he whom — the eldest son but feeble in valour — King Daśaratha, having installed his favourite son as heir, thereupon dispatched to the forest.

Words: sthāpayitvā — having installed, set up; priyaṃ — dear, favourite; putraṃ — son; rājñā — by the king; daśarathena — Daśaratha; yaḥ — who; mandavīryaḥ — feeble in valour; suto — the son; jyeṣṭhas — eldest; tataḥ — then, thereupon; prasthāpito — was sent forth; vanam — to the forest

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.