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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.43.14

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

3.43.14

hṛdayaṃ nirvṛtaṃ te 'stu saṃtāpas tyajyatām ayam
āgamiṣyati te bhartā śīghraṃ hatvā mṛgottamam

Let your heart be at ease; let this anguish be cast off. Your husband will return soon, having slain that finest of deer.

Words: hṛdayaṃ — heart; nirvṛtaṃ — at ease, calmed; te — your; 'stu — let it be; saṃtāpas — anguish; tyajyatām — let it be cast off; ayam — this; āgamiṣyati — will return; te — your; bhartā — husband; śīghraṃ — soon, quickly; hatvā — having slain; mṛgottamam — the finest deer

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.