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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.47.27

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: she warns Rāvaṇa that the consequences of his crime will mature in time and bring his death, then laments that Kaikeyī's wish seems fulfilled

3.47.27

sa karma kṛtavān etat kālopahatacetanaḥ
jīvitāntakaraṃ ghoraṃ rāmād vyasanam āpnuhi

'You have done this deed, your wits undone by doom; now reap from Rāma a dreadful calamity that will end your life!'

Words: sa — you (that one); karma — deed; kṛtavān — have done; etat — this; kālopahatacetanaḥ — one whose mind is destroyed by doom; jīvitāntakaraṃ — life-ending; ghoraṃ — terrible; rāmād — from Rāma; vyasanam — calamity; āpnuhi — obtain! reap!

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.