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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.47.2

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: Rāvaṇa strikes his hands together and boasts that he can lift the earth, drink the ocean, stop the sun, and defeat Death

3.47.2

sa maithilīṃ punar vākyaṃ babhāṣe ca tato bhṛśam
nonmattayā śrutau manye mama vīryaparākramau

He spoke to Maithilī once more, and then vehemently: 'It seems this foolish woman has not heard of my valor and prowess.'

Words: sa — he; maithilīṃ — to Maithilī; punar — again; vākyaṃ — words; babhāṣe — spoke; ca — and; tato — then; bhṛśam — vehemently; nonmattayā — not by the foolish (woman); śrutau — (the two) have been heard; manye — I think; mama — my; vīryaparākramau — valor and prowess

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.