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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.47.35

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: confident that he will recover her once he knows, she specifically calls on Jaṭāyu to report the whole abduction to both brothers.

3.47.35

viditvā māṃ mahābāhur amutrāpi mahābalaḥ
āneṣyati parākramya vaivasvatahṛtām api

'Once he learns of me, the mighty-armed, mighty Rāma will bring me back by force, even from the other world — even had Yama himself carried me off.'

Words: viditvā — having learned (of); māṃ — me; mahābāhur — the mighty-armed; amutrāpi — even there, even in the other world; mahābalaḥ — the mighty one; āneṣyati — will bring back; parākramya — exerting his valor; vaivasvatahṛtām — even if carried off by Yama; api — even

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.