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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.54.20

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: she refuses to dishonor herself even if he binds or kills her, then falls silent

3.54.20

evam uktvā tu vaidehī kroddhāt suparuṣaṃ vacaḥ
rāvaṇaṃ maithilī tatra punar novāca kiṃ cana

Having thus spoken, in anger, these very harsh words to Rāvaṇa, Vaidehī, Maithilī, then said nothing further.

Words: evam — thus; uktvā — having spoken; tu — and; vaidehī — Vaidehī; kroddhāt — in anger (text kroddhāt); suparuṣaṃ — very harsh; vacaḥ — words; rāvaṇaṃ — to Rāvaṇa; maithilī — Maithilī; tatra — there, then; punar — further, again; novāca — said not; kiṃ — any; cana — (any) thing at all

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.