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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.51.10

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: she says his boasts are worthless because he has not won her in an open contest, and challenges him to stop and face the brothers

3.51.10

na hi cakṣuḥpathaṃ prāpya tayoḥ pārthivaputrayoḥ
sasainyo 'pi samartaḥs tvaṃ muhūrtam api jīvitum

For once you come within the sight of those two princes, you, even with an army, would not be able to live even a moment.

Words: na — not; hi — for; cakṣuḥpathaṃ — the range of sight; prāpya — having reached; tayoḥ — of those two; pārthivaputrayoḥ — of the two princes; sasainyo — even with an army; 'pi — even; samartaḥs — able (text samartaḥs for samarthaḥ); tvaṃ — you; muhūrtam — for a moment; api — even; jīvitum — to live

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.