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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.55.5

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 for Sītā and anticipates exactly how the deception may work—she may send Lakṣmaṇa away after hearing the imitation of his voice

3.55.5

mārīcena tu vijñāya svaram ālakṣya māmakam
vikruṣṭaṃ mṛgarūpeṇa lakṣmaṇaḥ śṛṇuyād yadi

"If Lakṣmaṇa should hear the cry that Mārīca, mimicking and marking my voice, uttered in the deer's form—"

Words: mārīcena — by Mārīca; tu — but; vijñāya — having mimicked, feigned; svaram — voice; ālakṣya — having marked, imitated; māmakam — my; vikruṣṭaṃ — the cry that was uttered; mṛgarūpeṇa — in the deer's form; lakṣmaṇaḥ — Lakṣmaṇa; śṛṇuyād — should hear; yadi — if

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.