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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.52.14

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: he orders the women guarding her to admit no visitors without permission, provide whatever valuables or clothing she wants, and speak no unkind word to her on pain of death. Rāvaṇa leaves the apartments and summons eight powerful rākṣasas

3.52.14

abravīc ca daśagrīvaḥ piśācīr ghoradarśanāḥ
yathā naināṃ pumān strī vā sītāṃ paśyaty asaṃmataḥ

And the ten-necked one told the fearsome-looking piśāca-women: 'See to it that no man or woman look upon this Sītā without my leave.'

Words: abravīc — said; ca — and; daśagrīvaḥ — the ten-necked one; piśācīr — the piśāca-women; ghoradarśanāḥ — fearsome-looking; yathā — so that; naināṃ — not her; pumān — a man; strī — a woman; vā — or; sītāṃ — Sītā; paśyaty — look upon; asaṃmataḥ — unauthorized, without leave

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.