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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.46.22

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: she predicts the destruction of the rākṣasas under his rule and says that even immortality could not save him after abducting her.

3.46.22

apahṛtya śacīṃ bhāryāṃ śakyam indrasya jīvitum
na tu rāmasya bhāryāṃ mām apanīyāsti jīvitam

Having carried off Śacī, the wife of Indra, one might yet survive; but having borne away me, the wife of Rāma, there is no living.

Words: apahṛtya — having carried off; śacīṃ — Śacī; bhāryāṃ — the wife; śakyam — it is possible; indrasya — of Indra; jīvitum — to live, survive; na tu — but not; rāmasya — of Rāma; bhāryāṃ — the wife; mām — me; apanīyāsti — having borne away, there is; jīvitam — life, living

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.