Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 54: Rāvaṇa Brings Sītā to Laṅkā
Text 3.54.6
तां जहार सुसंहृष्टो रावणो मृत्युमात्मनः।
उत्सङ्गेनैव भुजगीं तीक्ष्णदंष्ट्रां महाविषाम्॥
tāṁ jahāra susaṁhṛṣṭo rāvaṇo mṛtyum ātmanaḥ
utsaṅgenaiva bhujagīṁ tīkṣṇa-daṁṣṭrāṁ mahā-viṣām
tām = [in the form of] Sītā-devī; jahāra = carried; susaṁhṛṣṭaḥ = in extreme delight; rāvaṇaḥ = Rāvaṇa; mṛtyum = the cause of death; ātmanaḥ = his own; utsaṅgena eva = in his lap; bhujagīm = female serpent; tīkṣṇa-daṁṣṭrām = with sharp fangs; mahā-viṣām = [just as one would carry] a highly venomous.
In extreme delight, Rāvaṇa carried the cause of his own death [in the form of] Sītā-devī in his lap [just as one would carry] a highly venomous female serpent with sharp fangs.