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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.53.27

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 offers royal installation, divine ornaments, and travel with him in Puṣpaka

3.53.27

duṣkṛtaṃ yat purā karma vanavāsena tad gatam
yaś ca te sukṛto dharmas tasyeha phalam āpnuhi

Whatever evil deed you did before is wiped away by your forest-dwelling; and reap here the fruit of the good, righteous merit that is yours.

Words: duṣkṛtaṃ — ill-done, evil; yat — which; purā — before; karma — deed; vanavāsena — by forest-dwelling; tad — that; gatam — is gone, wiped away; yaś — which; ca — and; te — your; sukṛto — well-done, meritorious; dharmas — righteous merit; tasyeha — its (fruit) here; phalam — fruit; āpnuhi — reap, obtain

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.