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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.53.6

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 forcibly leads her through his residence to display its mansions, jeweled pillars, golden stairs, ivory and silver windows, decorated floors, and lotus pools

3.53.6

tāṃ tu śokavaśāṃ dīnām avaśāṃ rākṣasādhipaḥ
sa balād darśayām āsa gṛhaṃ devagṛhopamam

that wretched, helpless woman, in the grip of grief, the lord of rākṣasas forcibly led about to show her his house, like the house of a god:

Words: tāṃ — her; tu — but; śokavaśāṃ — in the grip of grief; dīnām — wretched; avaśāṃ — helpless; rākṣasādhipaḥ — the lord of rākṣasas; sa — he; balād — forcibly; darśayām — showed; āsa — (showed); gṛhaṃ — house; devagṛhopamam — like the house of a god

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.