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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.55.6

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

3.55.6

sa saumitriḥ svaraṃ śrutvā tāṃ ca hitvātha maithilīm
tayaiva prahitaḥ kṣipraṃ matsakāśam ihaiṣyati

"—then that son of Sumitrā, hearing the cry and abandoning Maithilī, sent by her very self, will come here quickly to my side."

Words: sa — he; saumitriḥ — the son of Sumitrā; svaraṃ — the cry; śrutvā — having heard; tāṃ — her; ca — and; hitvātha — having abandoned; then; maithilīm — Maithilī; tayaiva — by her very self; prahitaḥ — sent; kṣipraṃ — quickly; matsakāśam — to my side; ihaiṣyati — will come here

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.