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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.55.12

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 55: Rāma meets Lakṣmaṇa. Omens and the false cry make him fear a plot against Sītā, he reproaches Lakṣmaṇa for leaving her alone

In the sequence: he sees Lakṣmaṇa coming toward him

3.55.12

tāni dṛṣṭvā nimittāni mahāghorāṇi rāghavaḥ
tato lakṣaṇam āyāntaṃ dadarśa vigataprabham

Seeing those exceedingly dreadful portents, Rāghava then beheld Lakṣmaṇa coming toward him, his radiance gone.

Words: tāni — those; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; nimittāni — portents; mahāghorāṇi — exceedingly dreadful; rāghavaḥ — Rāghava; tato — then; lakṣaṇam — Lakṣmaṇa; āyāntaṃ — coming; dadarśa — beheld; vigataprabham — his radiance gone

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.