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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.47.25

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

3.47.25

nanu nāmāvinītānāṃ vinetāsi paraṃtapa
katham evaṃvidhaṃ pāpaṃ na tvaṃ śādhi hi rāvaṇam

'Surely you are the chastiser of the unruly, O scorcher of foes; why, then, do you not punish so wicked a one as Rāvaṇa?'

Words: nanu — surely; nāmāvinītānāṃ — indeed of the unruly ones; vinetāsi — you are the chastiser; paraṃtapa — O scorcher of foes; katham — how, why; evaṃvidhaṃ — of such a kind; pāpaṃ — the evildoer; na — not; tvaṃ — you; śādhi — chastise, punish; hi — indeed; rāvaṇam — Rāvaṇa

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.