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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.48.4

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 48: Jaṭāyu confronts Rāvaṇa. The aged vulture condemns the abduction, demands Sītā’s release and challenges the armed ruler despite his own disadvantage

In the sequence: he names Rāma as her husband and condemns a ruler who takes another man's wife instead of protecting her

3.48.4

rājā sarvasya lokasya mahendravaruṇopamaḥ
lokānāṃ ca hite yukto rāmo daśarathātmajaḥ

'Rāma, the son of Daśaratha, is king of all the world, the equal of great Indra and Varuṇa, ever devoted to the welfare of all people.'

Words: rājā — king; sarvasya — of all; lokasya — the world; mahendravaruṇopamaḥ — like great Indra and Varuṇa; lokānāṃ — of the people, worlds; ca — and; hite — in the welfare; yukto — engaged, devoted; rāmo — Rāma; daśarathātmajaḥ — son of Daśaratha

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.