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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.55.7

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 suspects the deer was part of a coordinated rākṣasa plan against her and recalls the hostility created by Khara's defeat

3.55.7

rākṣasaiḥ sahitair nūnaṃ sītāyā īpsito vadhaḥ
kāñcanaś ca mṛgo bhūtvā vyapanīyāśramāt tu mām

"Surely the rākṣasas, banded together, desired Sītā's death; and this one, becoming a golden deer, lured me away from the hermitage."

Words: rākṣasaiḥ — by the rākṣasas; sahitair — banded together; nūnaṃ — surely; sītāyā — of Sītā; īpsito — desired; vadhaḥ — the death, slaying; kāñcanaś — golden; ca — and; mṛgo — deer; bhūtvā — having become; vyapanīyāśramāt — having lured away from the hermitage; tu — indeed; mām — me

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.