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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.54.13

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

3.54.13

na te pāpam idaṃ karma sukhodarkaṃ bhaviṣyati
yāhaṃ nītā vinā bhāvaṃ patipārśvāt tvayā vanāt

This evil deed of yours will not end in happiness—I who have been carried off by you against my will from my husband's side, from the forest.

Words: na — not; te — your; pāpam — evil; idaṃ — this; karma — deed; sukhodarkaṃ — ending in happiness; bhaviṣyati — will be; yāhaṃ — I who; nītā — carried off; vinā — without; bhāvaṃ — (my) consent, inclination; patipārśvāt — from my husband's side; tvayā — by you; vanāt — from the forest

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.