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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.53.7

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

3.53.7

harmyaprāsādasaṃbadhaṃ strīsahasraniṣevitam
nānāpakṣigaṇair juṣṭaṃ nānāratnasamanvitam

crowded with mansions and palaces, thronged by thousands of women, frequented by flocks of many birds, and furnished with jewels of every kind;

Words: harmyaprāsādasaṃbadhaṃ — crowded with mansions and palaces; strīsahasraniṣevitam — thronged by thousands of women; nānāpakṣigaṇair — by flocks of many birds; juṣṭaṃ — frequented, haunted; nānāratnasamanvitam — furnished with jewels of every kind

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.