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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.47.14

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

3.47.14

yaḥ striyā vacanād rājyaṃ vihāya sasuhṛjjanam
asmin vyālānucarite vane vasati durmatiḥ

'—that fool who, at a woman's word, forsook his kingdom and his kinsfolk and now dwells in this forest haunted by wild beasts!'

Words: yaḥ — who; striyā — of a woman; vacanād — by the word; rājyaṃ — the kingdom; vihāya — abandoning; sasuhṛjjanam — together with his kinsfolk; asmin — in this; vyālānucarite — frequented by wild beasts; vane — in the forest; vasati — dwells; durmatiḥ — the fool

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.