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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.43.35

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 repeats that she will kill herself if Rāma is lost and beats her body in grief

3.43.35

iti lakṣmaṇam ākruśya sītā duḥkhasamanvitā
pāṇibhyāṃ rudatī duḥkhād udaraṃ prajaghāna ha

Thus reviling Lakṣmaṇa, Sītā, filled with sorrow, weeping, in her grief beat her belly with her hands.

Words: iti — thus; lakṣmaṇam — Lakṣmaṇa; ākruśya — having reviled; sītā — Sītā; duḥkhasamanvitā — filled with sorrow; pāṇibhyāṃ — with (both) hands; rudatī — weeping; duḥkhād — out of grief; udaraṃ — the belly; prajaghāna — beat, struck; ha — indeed

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.