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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.54.9

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

3.54.9

sa te jīvitaśeṣasya rāghavo 'ntakaro balī
paśor yūpagatasyeva jīvitaṃ tava durlabham

That mighty Rāghava will make an end of what remains of your life; your life is hard to keep, like that of a beast bound to the sacrificial post.

Words: sa — he; te — your; jīvitaśeṣasya — of the remainder of (your) life; rāghavo — Rāghava; 'ntakaro — the ender, destroyer; balī — mighty; paśor — of a beast; yūpagatasyeva — as of one bound to the sacrificial post; jīvitaṃ — life; tava — your; durlabham — hard to keep, precarious

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.