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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.53.29

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

3.53.29

puṣpakaṃ nāma suśroṇi bhrātur vaiśravaṇasya me
vimānaṃ ramaṇīyaṃ ca tad vimānaṃ manojavam

There is a car named Puṣpaka, fair-hipped one, belonging to my brother Vaiśravaṇa—a lovely aerial car, and that car is swift as thought.

Words: puṣpakaṃ — Puṣpaka; nāma — named; suśroṇi — O fair-hipped one; bhrātur — of the brother; vaiśravaṇasya — of Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera); me — my; vimānaṃ — aerial car; ramaṇīyaṃ — lovely; ca — and; tad — that; vimānaṃ — car; manojavam — swift as thought

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.