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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.43.8

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: mindful of Rāma's order, Lakṣmaṇa stays → Sītā accuses him of pretending friendship while wishing for his brother's death so that he can obtain her

3.43.8

kiṃ hi saṃśayam āpanne tasminn iha mayā bhavet
kartavyam iha tiṣṭhantyā yat pradhānas tvam āgataḥ

For what should I do, remaining here, when he has fallen into peril — you being the very one who came here chiefly (to protect him)? [c: elliptical; sense uncertain.]

Words: kiṃ — what; hi — for; saṃśayam — peril, crisis (lit. doubt); āpanne — having fallen into; tasminn — in that, when he; iha — here; mayā — by me; bhavet — should be; kartavyam — to be done; iha — here; tiṣṭhantyā — by (me) remaining; yat — since; pradhānas — the chief (protector); tvam — you; āgataḥ — have come

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.