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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.46.23

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.

3.46.23

jīvec ciraṃ vajradharasya hastāc chacīṃ pradhṛṣyāpratirūparūpām
na mādṛśīṃ rākṣasadharṣayitvā pītāmṛtasyāpi tavāsti mokṣaḥ

One might live long even after violating Śacī of matchless beauty from the very hand of the wielder of the thunderbolt; but having assaulted one like me, O rākṣasa, there is no escape for you, even had you drunk the nectar of immortality.

Words: jīvec — one might live; ciraṃ — for long; vajradharasya — of the thunderbolt-wielder (Indra); hastāc — from the hand; chacīṃ — Śacī; pradhṛṣyāpratirūparūpām — having overpowered (her) of unrivalled beauty; na — not; mādṛśīṃ — one like me; rākṣasadharṣayitvā — O rākṣasa, having assaulted; pītāmṛtasyāpi — even for you who have drunk the nectar; tavāsti — there is for you; mokṣaḥ — escape, release

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.