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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.51.7

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

3.51.7

kathayiṣyanti lokeṣu puruṣāḥ karma kutsitam
sunṛśaṃsam adharmiṣṭhaṃ tava śauṇḍīryamāninaḥ

Men throughout the worlds will tell of the contemptible deed—most cruel, most unrighteous—of you who fancy yourself valiant.

Words: kathayiṣyanti — will tell, relate; lokeṣu — throughout the worlds; puruṣāḥ — men; karma — the deed; kutsitam — contemptible; sunṛśaṃsam — most cruel; adharmiṣṭhaṃ — most unrighteous; tava — your; śauṇḍīryamāninaḥ — of you who pride yourself on prowess

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.