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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.43.30

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

3.43.30

gamiṣye yatra kākutsthaḥ svasti te 'stu varānane
rakṣantu tvāṃ viśālākṣi samagrā vanadevatāḥ

I shall go where Kākutstha is; may it be well with you, fair-faced one; may all the forest-deities protect you, O wide-eyed one.

Words: gamiṣye — I shall go; yatra — where; kākutsthaḥ — Kākutstha (Rāma); svasti — well-being; te — to you; 'stu — let it be; varānane — O fair-faced one; rakṣantu — let (them) protect; tvāṃ — you; viśālākṣi — O wide-eyed one; samagrā — all; vanadevatāḥ — forest-deities

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.