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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.52.11

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 52: Sītā drops her ornaments. She drops her silk and ornaments among five monkeys, Rāvaṇa confines her in Laṅkā and sends agents to Janasthāna

In the sequence: entering Laṅkā, he takes Sītā into his inner apartments

3.52.11

sa tu sītāṃ viveṣṭantīm aṅkenādāya rāvaṇaḥ
praviveśa purīṃ laṅkāṃ rūpiṇīṃ mṛtyum ātmanaḥ

But Rāvaṇa, taking on his lap the writhing Sītā—his own death embodied—entered the city of Laṅkā.

Words: sa — he; tu — but; sītāṃ — Sītā; viveṣṭantīm — writhing, twisting; aṅkenādāya — having taken on his lap; rāvaṇaḥ — Rāvaṇa; praviveśa — entered; purīṃ — the city; laṅkāṃ — Laṅkā; rūpiṇīṃ — embodied, in the form of; mṛtyum — death; ātmanaḥ — of himself, his own

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.