Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 53: Sītā Chastises Rāvaṇa
Text 3.53.10
किं कर्तुं शक्यमेवं हि यज्जवेनैव धावसि।
मुहूर्तमपि तिष्ठस्व न जीवन्प्रतियास्यसि॥
kiṁ kartuṁ śakyam evaṁ hi yaj javenaiva dhāvasi
muhūrtam api tiṣṭhasva na jīvan pratiyāsyasi
kim = what; kartum śakyam = can Rāma do to you; evam hi = in this manner; yat = when; javena eva = so fast; dhāvasi = you run [away]; muhūrtam = for a while; api = just; tiṣṭhasva = stop; na = not; jīvan = alive; pratiyāsyasi = you will return [to your abode].
When you run [away] so fast in this manner, what can Rāma do to you? Just stop for a while—you will not return [to your abode] alive.
When can Rāma [deal with Rāvaṇa]? That is answered in the second half of this verse. She substantiates it in the next verse.