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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.52.29

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: they depart secretly for Janasthāna → Rāvaṇa congratulates himself on obtaining Sītā, unaware of the consequences of this new enmity.

3.52.29

tatas tu sītām upalabhya rāvaṇaḥ susaṃprahṛṣṭaḥ parigṛhya maithilīm
prasajya rāmeṇa ca vairam uttamaṃ babhūva mohān muditaḥ sa rākṣasaḥ

Then Rāvaṇa, having got Sītā and seized Maithilī, greatly delighted, and having entered into a supreme enmity with Rāma, that rākṣasa grew joyful out of his delusion.

Words: tatas — then; tu — and; sītām — Sītā; upalabhya — having obtained; rāvaṇaḥ — Rāvaṇa; susaṃprahṛṣṭaḥ — greatly delighted; parigṛhya — having seized; maithilīm — Maithilī; prasajya — having entered into, incurred; rāmeṇa — with Rāma; ca — and; vairam — enmity; uttamaṃ — supreme, utmost; babhūva — became; mohān — out of delusion; muditaḥ — joyful; sa — that; rākṣasaḥ — rākṣasa

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.