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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.46.2
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
3.46.2
bhrātā vaiśravaṇasyāhaṃ sāpatnyo varavarṇini
rāvaṇo nāma bhadraṃ te daśagrīvaḥ pratāpavān
“I am the half-brother of Vaiśravaṇa, O lovely-hued one — Rāvaṇa by name, the majestic ten-necked one; blessings upon you.
Words: bhrātā — the brother; vaiśravaṇasyāhaṃ — of Vaiśravaṇa I; sāpatnyo — born of a co-wife, half-; varavarṇini — O lovely-hued one; rāvaṇo — Rāvaṇa; nāma — by name; bhadraṃ — blessing, good fortune; te — to you; daśagrīvaḥ — the ten-necked one; pratāpavān — majestic, powerful
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.