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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.53.14

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 53: Rāvaṇa’s offer to Sītā. He displays his palace, promises wealth and authority over his wives, claims rescue is impossible and bows at her feet

In the sequence: he boasts of the number of rākṣasas under his command and says that his Kingdom and life are now at her disposal

3.53.14

daśarākṣasakoṭyaś ca dvāviṃśatir athāparāḥ
varjayitvā jarā vṛddhān bālāṃś ca rajanīcarān

'Ten crore of rākṣasas, and twenty-two more, excluding those infirm with age and the young among the night-rangers—

Words: daśarākṣasakoṭyaś — ten crore of rākṣasas; ca — and; dvāviṃśatir — twenty-two; athāparāḥ — and others besides; varjayitvā — excluding; jarā — by old age; vṛddhān — the aged; bālāṃś — the young; ca — and; rajanīcarān — the night-rangers

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.