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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.43.19

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: Sītā grows angrier, accusing him either of pursuing her himself or of acting for Bharata → she insists that she would die rather than belong to another man.

3.43.19

lakṣmaṇenaivam uktā tu kruddhā saṃraktalocanā
abravīt paruṣaṃ vākyaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ satyavādinam

Thus addressed by Lakṣmaṇa, angered, her eyes reddened, she spoke harsh words to Lakṣmaṇa, the truth-speaker:

Words: lakṣmaṇenaivam — thus by Lakṣmaṇa; uktā — addressed; tu — but; kruddhā — angered; saṃraktalocanā — with reddened eyes; abravīt — spoke; paruṣaṃ — harsh; vākyaṃ — words; lakṣmaṇaṃ — to Lakṣmaṇa; satyavādinam — the truth-speaker

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.