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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.46.19

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: Sītā asks how he can claim kinship with the honored Kubera while proposing such a crime

3.46.19

evam uktā tu vaidehī kruddhā saṃraktalocanā
abravīt paruṣaṃ vākyaṃ rahite rākṣasādhipam

Addressed thus, Vaidehī, angered and her eyes turned red, spoke harsh words to the lord of rākṣasas in that lonely place.

Words: evam — thus; uktā — addressed, spoken to; tu — but; vaidehī — Vaidehī; kruddhā — angered; saṃraktalocanā — with reddened eyes; abravīt — spoke; paruṣaṃ — harsh; vākyaṃ — words; rahite — in a lonely place, in private; rākṣasādhipam — to the lord of rākṣasas

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.