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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.47.32
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 appeals to Janasthāna's trees, the mountains Mālyavat and Prasravaṇa, the Godāvarī, the vanadevatās, and all animals and birds to tell Rāma who has taken her
3.47.32
daivatāni ca yānty asmin vane vividhapādape
namaskaromy ahaṃ tebhyo bhartuḥ śaṃsata māṃ hṛtām
'And the deities who dwell in this forest of many trees — to them I bow; tell my husband that I have been carried off!'
Words: daivatāni — the deities; ca — and; yānty — who go, dwell; asmin — in this; vane — forest; vividhapādape — with its various trees; namaskaromy — I make obeisance; ahaṃ — I; tebhyo — to them; bhartuḥ — to (my) husband; śaṃsata — tell; māṃ — me; hṛtām — carried off
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.