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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.51.6
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
3.51.6
īdṛśaṃ garhitaṃ karma kathaṃ kṛtvā na lajjase
striyāś ca haraṇaṃ nīca rahite ca parasya ca
Having done such a contemptible deed, how are you not ashamed—the carrying off of a woman, base one, in a lonely place, and the wife of another at that!
Words: īdṛśaṃ — such a; garhitaṃ — contemptible, blameworthy; karma — deed; kathaṃ — how; kṛtvā — having done; na — not; lajjase — are you ashamed; striyāś — of a woman; ca — and; haraṇaṃ — the carrying off; nīca — O base one; rahite — in a lonely place; ca — and; parasya — of another; ca — and
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.