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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.47.10

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 47: Sītā’s abduction. Rāvaṇa reveals his ten-faced form and lifts her into his flying chariot, she calls on the forest, river and Jaṭāyu to inform Rāma

In the sequence: he again urges Sītā to choose him and insults Rāma for obeying the exile command

3.47.10

sa tām asitakeśāntāṃ bhāskarasya prabhām iva
vasanābharaṇopetāṃ maithilīṃ rāvaṇo 'bravīt

To her — dark-tressed and radiant as the sun's own light, adorned with garments and jewels, to Maithilī — Rāvaṇa spoke:

Words: sa — he; tām — her; asitakeśāntāṃ — with dark hair-ends, dark-tressed; bhāskarasya — of the sun; prabhām — the radiance; iva — like; vasanābharaṇopetāṃ — endowed with garments and ornaments; maithilīṃ — Maithilī; rāvaṇo — Rāvaṇa; 'bravīt — said

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.