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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.52.23

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 declares his determination to avenge that defeat and says he will not rest until Rāma is dead

3.52.23

niryātayitum icchāmi tac ca vairam ahaṃ ripoḥ
na hi lapsyāmy ahaṃ nidrām ahatvā saṃyuge ripum

'I wish to repay that enmity toward my foe; for I shall get no sleep until I have slain my enemy in battle.'

Words: niryātayitum — to repay, requite; icchāmi — I wish; tac — that; ca — and; vairam — enmity; ahaṃ — I; ripoḥ — of/toward the foe; na — not; hi — for; lapsyāmy — I shall obtain; ahaṃ — I; nidrām — sleep; ahatvā — without having slain; saṃyuge — in battle; ripum — the enemy

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.