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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.50.4

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 50: Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again. He tears her from the trees and resumes the flight, flowers and ornaments fall while the landscape shares her distress

In the sequence: With Jaṭāyu lying near death, Sītā cries for Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa and wonders whether the disturbed animals will alert them

3.50.4

na nūnaṃ rāma jānāsi mahad vyasanam ātmajaḥ
dhāvanti nūnaṃ kākutstha madarthaṃ mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ

'Surely, Rāma, you do not know the great calamity; surely, Kākutstha, the beasts and birds are running about for my sake.'

Words: na — not; nūnaṃ — surely; rāma — O Rāma; jānāsi — you know; mahad — great; vyasanam — calamity, misfortune; ātmajaḥ — (one's own; text ātmajaḥ, uncertain); dhāvanti — run, rush about; nūnaṃ — surely; kākutstha — O Kākutstha; madarthaṃ — for my sake; mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ — the beasts and birds

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.