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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.43.18

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

3.43.18

rākṣasā vidhinā vāco visṛjanti mahāvane
hiṃsāvihārā vaidehi na cintayitum arhasi

The rākṣasas, who delight in violence, purposely let loose such cries in the great forest; O Vaidehī, you should not be troubled.

Words: rākṣasā — the rākṣasas; vidhinā — by design, purposely; vāco — cries, sounds; visṛjanti — let loose, emit; mahāvane — in the great forest; hiṃsāvihārā — who delight in violence; vaidehi — O Vaidehī; na — not; cintayitum — to be troubled, worry; arhasi — you ought

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.