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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.53.31

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 dismisses her concern about violating dharma and portrays acceptance as her destined good fortune

3.53.31

śokārtaṃ tu varārohe na bhrājati varānane
alaṃ vrīḍena vaidehi dharmalopa kṛtena te

stricken with grief, fair-hipped one, does not shine, O fair-faced. Enough, Vaidehī, of the shame that arises in you from (fear of) a lapse of dharma!

Words: śokārtaṃ — stricken with grief; tu — but; varārohe — O fair-hipped one; na — not; bhrājati — shines; varānane — O fair-faced one; alaṃ — enough of; vrīḍena — shame, bashfulness; vaidehi — O Vaidehī; dharmalopa — lapse of dharma; kṛtena — caused by, occasioned by; te — your

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.