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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.53.4

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 53: Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā resists seizure. The King seizes Śabalā, she returns to Vasiṣṭha and, with his permission, produces armies to resist the royal forces

In the sequence: distressed, she wonders whether Vasiṣṭha has abandoned her and what wrong she has done

1.53.4

kiṃ mayāpakṛtaṃ tasya maharṣer bhāvitātmanaḥ
yan mām anāgasaṃ bhaktām iṣṭāṃ tyajati dhārmikaḥ

'What wrong have I done to that great sage of purified soul, that the righteous one abandons me—faultless, devoted, and dear?'

Words: kiṃ — what; mayāpakṛtaṃ — wrong done by me; tasya — to that; maharṣer — great sage; bhāvitātmanaḥ — of purified soul; yan — that; mām — me; anāgasaṃ — faultless, innocent; bhaktām — devoted; iṣṭāṃ — dear, beloved; tyajati — abandons; dhārmikaḥ — the righteous one

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.