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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.50.8

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

3.50.8

krośantīṃ rāma rāmeti rāmeṇa rahitāṃ vane
jīvitāntāya keśeṣu jagrāhāntakasaṃnibhaḥ

As she cried 'Rāma, Rāma!', bereft of Rāma in the forest, he—resembling Death himself—seized her by the hair to end her life.

Words: krośantīṃ — crying out; rāma — 'Rāma...; rāmeti — ...Rāma!' thus; rāmeṇa — of Rāma (instr.); rahitāṃ — bereft, deprived; vane — in the forest; jīvitāntāya — to end her life; keśeṣu — by the hair; jagrāhāntakasaṃnibhaḥ — he, resembling Death, seized

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.