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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.43.36

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: Lakṣmaṇa tries once more to comfort her, but she will not answer → he bows, takes leave, and sets off toward Rāma, repeatedly looking back at her.

3.43.36

tām ārtarūpāṃ vimanā rudantīṃ saumitrir ālokya viśālanetrām
āśvāsayām āsa na caiva bhartus taṃ bhrātaraṃ kiṃ cid uvāca sītā

Seeing her, wide-eyed, weeping, and stricken in appearance, the dejected Saumitri tried to console her; yet Sītā said not a word to that brother of her husband.

Words: tām — her; ārtarūpāṃ — stricken in appearance; vimanā — dejected; rudantīṃ — weeping; saumitrir — Saumitri; ālokya — having looked upon; viśālanetrām — wide-eyed; āśvāsayām āsa — tried to console; na — not; caiva — and indeed; bhartus — of her husband; taṃ — that; bhrātaraṃ — brother; kiṃ — any; cid — (thing); uvāca — said; sītā — Sītā

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.