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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.43.37

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.

3.43.37

tatas tu sītām abhivādya lakṣmaṇaḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ kiṃ cid abhipraṇamya
avekṣamāṇo bahuśaś ca maithilīṃ jagāma rāmasya samīpam ātmavān

Then Lakṣmaṇa, saluting Sītā, palms joined, and bowing slightly, and looking back at Maithilī again and again, the self-possessed one went to Rāma's side.

Words: tatas — then; tu — and; sītām — Sītā; abhivādya — having saluted; lakṣmaṇaḥ — Lakṣmaṇa; kṛtāñjaliḥ — with palms joined; kiṃ — a; cid — little; abhipraṇamya — having bowed; avekṣamāṇo — looking back; bahuśaś — many times; ca — and; maithilīṃ — Maithilī; jagāma — went; rāmasya — of Rāma; samīpam — to the side, vicinity; ātmavān — the self-possessed

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.