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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.47.34

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

3.47.34

hriyamāṇāṃ priyāṃ bhartuḥ prāṇebhyo 'pi garīyasīm
vivaśāpahṛtā sītā rāvaṇeneti śaṃsata

'Tell him this: that Sītā, her husband's beloved, dearer to him than his own life, has been borne off helpless — carried away by Rāvaṇa!'

Words: hriyamāṇāṃ — (her) being carried off; priyāṃ — beloved; bhartuḥ — of (her) husband; prāṇebhyo — than his life-breaths; 'pi — even; garīyasīm — dearer, weightier; vivaśāpahṛtā — helpless, carried off; sītā — Sītā; rāvaṇeneti — by Rāvaṇa, thus; śaṃsata — tell

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.