Araṇya Kāṇḍa 51: Sītā condemns the deception · 3.51.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.51.1

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 51: Sītā condemns the deception. She connects the golden deer with her abduction, challenges Rāvaṇa to face the brothers and warns him to release her

In the sequence: As Rāvaṇa carries her through the sky, Sītā accuses him of stealing her in the brothers' absence

3.51.1

kham utpatantaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā maithilī janakātmajā
duḥkhitā paramodvignā bhaye mahati vartinī

Seeing him flying up into the sky, Maithilī, Janaka's daughter, grieved and utterly distraught, in the grip of great fear,

Words: kham — into the sky; utpatantaṃ — flying up; taṃ — him; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; maithilī — Maithilī (Sītā); janakātmajā — Janaka's daughter; duḥkhitā — grieved; paramodvignā — utterly distraught; bhaye — in fear; mahati — great; vartinī — abiding, being (in)

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.