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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.52.15

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

3.52.15

muktāmaṇisuvarṇāni vastrāṇy ābharaṇāni ca
yad yad icchet tad evāsyā deyaṃ macchandato yathā

'Pearls, gems, and gold, garments and ornaments—whatever she desires, just that must be given to her, according to my will.'

Words: muktāmaṇisuvarṇāni — pearls, gems, and gold; vastrāṇy — garments; ābharaṇāni — ornaments; ca — and; yad — whatever; yad — whatever; icchet — she may desire; tad — that; evāsyā — just to her; deyaṃ — must be given; macchandato — according to my will; yathā — as, according to

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.