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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.55.13

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

3.55.13

tato 'vidūre rāmeṇa samīyāya sa lakṣmaṇaḥ
viṣaṇṇaḥ sa viṣaṇṇena duḥkhito duḥkhabhāginā

Then, not far off, that Lakṣmaṇa met with Rāma—the one dejected meeting the dejected, the one grieved meeting him who shared his grief.

Words: tato — then; 'vidūre — not far off; rāmeṇa — with Rāma; samīyāya — met; sa — that; lakṣmaṇaḥ — Lakṣmaṇa; viṣaṇṇaḥ — dejected; sa — he; viṣaṇṇena — with the dejected one; duḥkhito — grieved; duḥkhabhāginā — with him who shared the grief

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.