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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.41.30

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 41: Rāma leaves the sleeping citizens. Sumantra lays misleading tracks, Rāma crosses the Tamasā with Sītā & Lakṣmaṇa before the followers wake

In the sequence: the citizens wake, search for Rāma, follow the tracks briefly, and then lose them → unable to discover where he has gone, they return to Ayodhyā.

2.41.30

śokajāśruparidyūnā vīkṣamāṇās tatas tataḥ
ālokam api rāmasya na paśyanti sma duḥkhitāḥ

Worn down by tears born of grief, looking about here and there, the sorrowful ones could not catch even a glimpse of Rāma.

Words: śokajāśruparidyūnā — worn down by tears born of grief; vīkṣamāṇās — looking about; tatas — here; tataḥ — and there; ālokam — a sight, glimpse; api — even; rāmasya — of Rāma; na — not; paśyanti sma — did see; duḥkhitāḥ — the grieved ones

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.