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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.50.6

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 50: Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again. He tears her from the trees and resumes the flight, flowers and ornaments fall while the landscape shares her distress

In the sequence: Rāvaṇa advances as she clings to the trees, orders her to let go, and seizes her by the hair

3.50.6

tāṃ kliṣṭamālyābharaṇāṃ vilapantīm anāthavat
abhyadhāvata vaidehīṃ rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ

Rāvaṇa, the lord of rākṣasas, rushed upon Vaidehī, her garlands and ornaments disordered, wailing like one bereft of protector.

Words: tāṃ — her; kliṣṭamālyābharaṇāṃ — with garlands and ornaments disordered; vilapantīm — lamenting, wailing; anāthavat — like one without a protector; abhyadhāvata — ran toward, rushed at; vaidehīṃ — Vaidehī (Sītā); rāvaṇo — Rāvaṇa; rākṣasādhipaḥ — the lord of rākṣasas

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.