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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.54.26

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: he orders the rākṣasīs to break her resistance

3.54.26

sa tāḥ provāca rājā tu rāvaṇo ghoradarśanaḥ
pracālya caraṇotkarṣair dārayann iva medinīm

And the king Rāvaṇa, dreadful to behold, said to them, stamping so with the pounding of his feet as if to split the earth:

Words: sa — he; tāḥ — to them; provāca — said; rājā — king; tu — and; rāvaṇo — Rāvaṇa; ghoradarśanaḥ — dreadful to behold; pracālya — stamping, causing to shake; caraṇotkarṣair — with the pounding of his feet; dārayann — splitting; iva — as if; medinīm — the earth

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.