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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.54.17
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
3.54.17
māṃ pradhṛṣya sa te kālaḥ prāpto 'yaṃ rakṣasādhama
ātmano rākṣasānāṃ ca vadhāyāntaḥpurasya ca
By assaulting me, this your death-hour has arrived, vilest of demons—for the destruction of yourself, of the rākṣasas, and of your harem.
Words: māṃ — me; pradhṛṣya — having assaulted; sa — that; te — your; kālaḥ — death-hour, Time; prāpto — has arrived; 'yaṃ — this; rakṣasādhama — O vilest of demons; ātmano — of yourself; rākṣasānāṃ — of the rākṣasas; ca — and; vadhāyāntaḥpurasya — for the destruction, and of the harem; ca — and
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.