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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.47.24

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: Sītā calls to Lakṣmaṇa and Rāma, who are too far away to know what is happening

3.47.24

jīvitaṃ sukham arthāṃś ca dharmahetoḥ parityajan
hriyamāṇām adharmeṇa māṃ rāghava na paśyasi

'You who would give up life, comfort, and wealth for the sake of dharma — O Rāghava, you do not see me being carried off in violation of all dharma!'

Words: jīvitaṃ — life; sukham — comfort, pleasure; arthāṃś — wealth; ca — and; dharmahetoḥ — for the sake of dharma; parityajan — renouncing; hriyamāṇām — (me) being carried off; adharmeṇa — unrighteously; māṃ — me; rāghava — O Rāghava; na — not; paśyasi — you see

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.