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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.51.16

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 interprets Rāvaṇa's refusal of sound advice as a sign that death is near, invoking the river and tortures of the world of punishment

3.51.16

mumūrṣūṇāṃ hi sarveṣāṃ yat pathyaṃ tan na rocate
paśyāmīva hi kaṇṭhe tvāṃ kālapāśāvapāśitam

For to all who are about to die, what is wholesome gives no pleasure; and I seem to see you with the noose of Death fastened round your throat.

Words: mumūrṣūṇāṃ — of those about to die; hi — for; sarveṣāṃ — of all; yat — what; pathyaṃ — (is) wholesome; tan — that; na — not; rocate — pleases; paśyāmīva — I seem to see; hi — indeed; kaṇṭhe — at the throat; tvāṃ — you; kālapāśāvapāśitam — fastened with the noose of Death

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.