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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.47.21

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: threatening her, he lifts her into it → she cries for Rāma as he carries her unwilling and struggling into the air.

3.47.21

tām akāmāṃ sa kāmārtaḥ pannagendravadhūm iva
viveṣṭamānām ādāya utpapāthātha rāvaṇaḥ

Then, seizing her — unwilling and writhing like the consort of the serpent-king — the lust-stricken Rāvaṇa sprang up into the air.

Words: tām — her; akāmāṃ — unwilling; sa — he; kāmārtaḥ — tormented by lust; pannagendravadhūm — like the consort of the serpent-king; iva — like; viveṣṭamānām — writhing, struggling; ādāya — seizing; utpapāthātha — flew up, then; rāvaṇaḥ — Rāvaṇa

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.