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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.51.2

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

3.51.2

roṣarodanatāmrākṣī bhīmākṣaṃ rākṣasādhipam
rudatī karuṇaṃ sītā hriyamāṇedam abravīt

her eyes coppery-red with angry weeping, Sītā, weeping piteously as she was carried off, spoke this to the fearsome-eyed lord of rākṣasas:

Words: roṣarodanatāmrākṣī — with eyes coppery-red from angry weeping; bhīmākṣaṃ — the fearsome-eyed one; rākṣasādhipam — the lord of rākṣasas; rudatī — weeping; karuṇaṃ — piteously; sītā — Sītā; hriyamāṇedam — being carried off, this; abravīt — spoke

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.