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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.46.20

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

3.46.20

kathaṃ vaiśravaṇaṃ devaṃ sarvabhūtanamaskṛtam
bhrātaraṃ vyapadiśya tvam aśubhaṃ kartum icchasi

“How is it that, citing as your brother the god Vaiśravaṇa, who is honoured by all beings, you wish to do so wicked a deed?

Words: kathaṃ — how; vaiśravaṇaṃ — Vaiśravaṇa; devaṃ — the god; sarvabhūtanamaskṛtam — honoured by all beings; bhrātaraṃ — brother; vyapadiśya — having cited, named as pretext; tvam — you; aśubhaṃ — an evil deed; kartum — to do; icchasi — wish, desire

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.