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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.43.16

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: he reminds her that Rāma entrusted her to him and that their destruction of Khara has made them enemies among the rākṣasas

3.43.16

nyāsabhūtāsi vaidehi nyastā mayi mahātmanā
rāmeṇa tvaṃ varārohe na tvāṃ tyaktum ihotsahe

You are a trust, Vaidehī, placed in my keeping by the great-souled Rāma; O lovely one, I cannot bring myself to abandon you here.

Words: nyāsabhūtāsi — you are (as) a trust; vaidehi — O Vaidehī; nyastā — entrusted, placed; mayi — in my keeping; mahātmanā — by the great-souled; rāmeṇa — by Rāma; tvaṃ — you; varārohe — O lovely one (fair-hipped); na — not; tvāṃ — you; tyaktum — to abandon; ihotsahe — here I dare

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.