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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.51.17

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

3.51.17

yathā cāsmin bhayasthāne na bibheṣe daśānana
vyaktaṃ hiraṇmayān hi tvaṃ saṃpaśyasi mahīruhān

And since in this place of peril you feel no fear, ten-faced one, plainly you are seeing the trees as if made of gold.

Words: yathā — since, in that; cāsmin — and in this; bhayasthāne — place of peril; na — not; bibheṣe — you fear; daśānana — O ten-faced one; vyaktaṃ — plainly, clearly; hiraṇmayān — made of gold; hi — indeed; tvaṃ — you; saṃpaśyasi — you see, behold; mahīruhān — the trees (earth-growers)

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.