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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.55.16

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

3.55.16

aho lakṣmaṇa garhyaṃ te kṛtaṃ yat tvaṃ vihāya tām
sītām ihāgataḥ saumya kaccit svasti bhaved iti

"Ah, Lakṣmaṇa, blameworthy is this deed of yours, that you have left Sītā and come here, gentle one—can it be that all is well?"

Words: aho — ah; lakṣmaṇa — Lakṣmaṇa; garhyaṃ — blameworthy; te — of yours; kṛtaṃ — deed done; yat — that; tvaṃ — you; vihāya — having left; tām — her; sītām — Sītā; ihāgataḥ — come here; saumya — gentle one; kaccit — can it be that; svasti — well; bhaved — may be; iti — thus

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.