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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.46.5

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: he recounts defeating Kubera and seizing Puṣpaka, saying that Kubera now lives on Kailāsa after abandoning his former home

3.46.5

madbhayārtaḥ parityajya svam adhiṣṭhānam ṛddhimat
kailāsaṃ parvataśreṣṭham adhyāste naravāhanaḥ

for, tormented by fear of me, having forsaken his own prosperous abode, the man-borne one (Kubera) now dwells on Kailāsa, best of mountains.

Words: madbhayārtaḥ — tormented by fear of me; parityajya — having abandoned; svam — his own; adhiṣṭhānam — abode, seat; ṛddhimat — prosperous, opulent; kailāsaṃ — Kailāsa; parvataśreṣṭham — best of mountains; adhyāste — dwells upon, occupies; naravāhanaḥ — he whose vehicle is men (Kubera)

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.