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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.54.10

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 54: Rāvaṇa’s deadline and threat. Sītā refuses him, he gives her twelve months to submit or be killed for his meal, then sends her to the aśoka grove

In the sequence: his protection against Suras and asuras will not save him from Rāma, and Laṅkā will suffer for his deed

3.54.10

yadi paśyet sa rāmas tvāṃ roṣadīptena cakṣuṣā
rakṣas tvam adya nirdagdho gaccheḥ sadyaḥ parābhavam

If that Rāma should look at you with an eye blazing with rage, O demon, you would be burnt to ashes this day and go at once to ruin.

Words: yadi — if; paśyet — should look at; sa — that; rāmas — Rāma; tvāṃ — you; roṣadīptena — blazing with rage; cakṣuṣā — with (his) eye; rakṣas — O demon; tvam — you; adya — this day; nirdagdho — burnt to ashes; gaccheḥ — would go; sadyaḥ — at once; parābhavam — to ruin, destruction

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.