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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.42.14

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 42: Mārīca’s false cry. Mortally wounded, he calls in Rāma’s voice, Rāma fears for Sītā and takes another deer’s meat before hurrying back

In the sequence: at the crucial moment he imitates Rāma's voice, crying out to Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa

3.42.14

saṃprāptakālam ājñāya cakāra ca tataḥ svaram
sadṛśaṃ rāghavasyaiva hā sīte lakṣmaṇeti ca

Knowing that the fitting moment had come, he then uttered a cry just like Rāghava's: 'Ah Sītā! Ah Lakṣmaṇa!'

Words: saṃprāptakālam — that the time had come; ājñāya — having realized; cakāra ca — and made; tataḥ svaram — then a cry, voice; sadṛśaṃ — similar, like; rāghavasyaiva — to Rāghava's very; hā sīte — 'Ah Sītā!'; lakṣmaṇeti ca — and 'Lakṣmaṇa!'

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.