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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.53.25

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 claims that Laṅkā's ocean defenses and his own strength make rescue impossible, belittling Rāma's power

3.53.25

trayāṇām api lokānāṃ na taṃ paśyāmi śobhane
vikrameṇa nayed yas tvāṃ madbāhuparipālitām

In all the three worlds, lovely one, I do not see him who could by valour carry you off, guarded as you are by my arms.

Words: trayāṇām — of the three; api — even; lokānāṃ — worlds; na — not; taṃ — him; paśyāmi — I see; śobhane — O lovely one; vikrameṇa — by valour; nayed — might carry off; yas — who; tvāṃ — you; madbāhuparipālitām — guarded by my arms

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.