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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.43.31

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

3.43.31

nimittāni hi ghorāṇi yāni prādurbhavanti me
api tvāṃ saha rāmeṇa paśyeyaṃ punar āgataḥ

For dreadful omens are appearing to me; may I, on returning, see you again together with Rāma.

Words: nimittāni — omens; hi — for; ghorāṇi — dreadful; yāni — which; prādurbhavanti — appear, manifest; me — to me; api — (may) — expressing a wish; tvāṃ — you; saha — together with; rāmeṇa — Rāma; paśyeyaṃ — may I see; punar — again; āgataḥ — having returned

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.