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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.55.14

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: taking his brother's left hand, he reproaches him for leaving Sītā alone

3.55.14

saṃjagarhe 'tha taṃ bhrātā jeṣṭho lakṣmaṇam āgatam
vihāya sītāṃ vijane vane rākṣasasevite

Then the elder brother reproached that Lakṣmaṇa who had come, having left Sītā in the lonely forest haunted by rākṣasas.

Words: saṃjagarhe — reproached; 'tha — then; taṃ — that; bhrātā — the brother; jeṣṭho — elder; lakṣmaṇam — Lakṣmaṇa; āgatam — who had come; vihāya — having left; sītāṃ — Sītā; vijane — in the lonely (place); vane — in the forest; rākṣasasevite — haunted by rākṣasas

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.