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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.52.24

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

3.52.24

taṃ tv idānīm ahaṃ hatvā kharadūṣaṇaghātinam
rāmaṃ śarmopalapsyāmi dhanaṃ labdhveva nirdhanaḥ

'Now, once I have slain that Rāma, the slayer of Khara and Dūṣaṇa, I shall find relief, as a pauper who has gained wealth.'

Words: taṃ — that; tv — and; idānīm — now; ahaṃ — I; hatvā — having slain; kharadūṣaṇaghātinam — the slayer of Khara and Dūṣaṇa; rāmaṃ — Rāma; śarmopalapsyāmi — I shall obtain relief; dhanaṃ — wealth; labdhveva — as if having gained; nirdhanaḥ — a pauper

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. 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.