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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.51.13

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 urges him to release her for his own safety, warning that Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa will destroy him otherwise

3.51.13

yena tvaṃ vyavasāyena balān māṃ hartum icchasi
vyavasāyaḥ sa te nīca bhaviṣyati nirarthakaḥ

The resolve with which you seek to carry me off by force—that resolve of yours, base one, will come to nothing.

Words: yena — with which; tvaṃ — you; vyavasāyena — resolve, effort; balān — by force; māṃ — me; hartum — to carry off; icchasi — you wish; vyavasāyaḥ — resolve; sa — that; te — your; nīca — O base one; bhaviṣyati — will become; nirarthakaḥ — fruitless, vain

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.