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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.43.29

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 condemns her suspicion, then agrees to go, entrusting her to the vanadevatās → he notices ominous signs and expresses the hope of seeing her safely with Rāma again

3.43.29

dhik tvām adya praṇaśya tvaṃ yan mām evaṃ viśaṅkase
strītvād duṣṭasvabhāvena guruvākye vyavasthitam

Shame on you! May you perish now, in that you suspect me thus — me who abide by my elder's command — through that evil nature which springs from womanhood.

Words: dhik — shame, fie; tvām — on you; adya — now; praṇaśya — perish!; tvaṃ — you; yan — in that; mām — me; evaṃ — thus; viśaṅkase — you suspect; strītvād — because of womanhood; duṣṭasvabhāvena — through evil nature; guruvākye — in my elder's command; vyavasthitam — (me) abiding, steadfast

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.