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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.25.14

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 25: Rāma describes the hardships of forest life. Rāma describes the forest’s hunger, exposure, dangerous animals and tapasvin hardships, Sītā remains determined to accompany him

In the sequence: he concludes that the forest is unsuitable for her → Sītā remains determined and answers him again.

2.25.14

tad alaṃ te vanaṃ gatvā kṣamaṃ na hi vanaṃ tava
vimṛśann iha paśyāmi bahudoṣataraṃ vanam

So enough of your going to the forest; the forest is not fit for you. Reflecting here, I see the forest as fraught with even greater dangers.

Words: tad alaṃ — so enough; te — for you; vanaṃ gatvā — with going to the forest; kṣamaṃ na hi — for it is not fitting; vanaṃ tava — the forest for you; vimṛśann iha — reflecting here; paśyāmi — I see; bahudoṣataraṃ — fraught with even greater dangers; vanam — the forest

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.