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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.43.10

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 43: Lakṣmaṇa leaves Sītā. He identifies the cry as deception, but her accusations overcome his resolve to stay and he departs toward Rāma

In the sequence: Lakṣmaṇa answers that no enemy can overcome Rāma and that the voice must be a rākṣasa's deception

3.43.10

devi devamanuṣyeṣu gandharveṣu patatriṣu
rākṣaseṣu piśāceṣu kiṃnareṣu mṛgeṣu ca

'Lady, among gods and men, gandharvas, birds, rākṣasas, piśācas, kiṃnaras, and beasts,

Words: devi — O lady; devamanuṣyeṣu — among gods and men; gandharveṣu — among gandharvas; patatriṣu — among birds; rākṣaseṣu — among rākṣasas; piśāceṣu — among piśācas; kiṃnareṣu — among kiṃnaras; mṛgeṣu — among beasts; ca — and

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.