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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.47.12

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

3.47.12

māṃ bhajasva cirāya tvam ahaṃ ślāghyas tava priyaḥ
naiva cāhaṃ kva cid bhadre kariṣye tava vipriyam
tyajyatāṃ mānuṣo bhāvo mayi bhāvaḥ praṇīyatām

'Love me long, and I shall be your praiseworthy beloved; never, gentle lady, will I do anything to displease you. Give up this attachment to a mortal, and let your affection be set on me.'

Words: māṃ — me; bhajasva — love, be devoted to; cirāya — for a long time; tvam — you; ahaṃ — I; ślāghyas — praiseworthy; tava — your; priyaḥ — beloved; naiva — never; cāhaṃ — and I; kva — anywhere; cid — ever; bhadre — O gentle lady; kariṣye — I will do; tava — your; vipriyam — displeasure, harm; tyajyatāṃ — let be abandoned; mānuṣo — human, mortal; bhāvo — attachment, feeling; mayi — toward me; bhāvaḥ — affection; praṇīyatām — let be directed, bestowed

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.