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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.54.11

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

3.54.11

yaś candraṃ nabhaso bhūmau pātayen nāśayeta vā
sāgaraṃ śoṣayed vāpi sa sītāṃ mocayed iha

He who could cast the moon from the sky to the earth, or destroy it, or dry up the ocean—he might set Sītā free here.

Words: yaś — who; candraṃ — the moon; nabhaso — from the sky; bhūmau — to the earth; pātayen — should cast down; nāśayeta — or destroy; vā — or; sāgaraṃ — the ocean; śoṣayed — should dry up; vāpi — or even; sa — he; sītāṃ — Sītā; mocayed — might set free; iha — here

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.