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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.55.18

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 fears she has been killed or taken and explains that the deer revealed itself as a rākṣasa when it died

3.55.18

aśubhāny eva bhūyiṣṭhaṃ yathā prādurbhavanti me
api lakṣmaṇa sītāyāḥ sāmagryaṃ prāpnuyāvahe

"Since inauspicious signs mostly keep appearing to me—O Lakṣmaṇa, may we yet regain Sītā safe and whole!"

Words: aśubhāny — inauspicious signs; eva — indeed; bhūyiṣṭhaṃ — mostly, for the most part; yathā — since, as; prādurbhavanti — appear, manifest; me — to me; api — may it be that; lakṣmaṇa — Lakṣmaṇa; sītāyāḥ — of Sītā; sāmagryaṃ — wholeness, entirety; prāpnuyāvahe — may we two regain

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.