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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.54.8

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

3.54.8

asurair vā surair vā tvaṃ yady avadho 'si rāvaṇa
utpādya sumahad vairaṃ jīvaṃs tasya na mokṣyase

Even if you are unslayable by asuras or gods, Rāvaṇa, having stirred up so great an enmity, you will not escape him alive.

Words: asurair — by asuras; vā — or; surair — by gods; vā — or; tvaṃ — you; yady — if; avadho — unslayable; 'si — are; rāvaṇa — O Rāvaṇa; utpādya — having stirred up; sumahad — so great; vairaṃ — enmity; jīvaṃs — living, alive; tasya — him, his; na — not; mokṣyase — you will escape

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.