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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.54.14

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

3.54.14

sa hi daivatasaṃyukto mama bhartā mahādyutiḥ
nirbhayo vīryam āśritya śūnye vasati daṇḍake

For that husband of mine, of great splendour, endowed with divine power, relying on his valour, dwells fearless in the empty Daṇḍaka.

Words: sa — he; hi — for; daivatasaṃyukto — endowed with divine power; mama — my; bhartā — husband; mahādyutiḥ — of great splendour; nirbhayo — fearless; vīryam — valour; āśritya — relying on; śūnye — in the empty; vasati — dwells; daṇḍake — (the) Daṇḍaka (forest)

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.