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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.56.13

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 56: Return to the empty hut. Rāma imagines Sītā’s loss and its consequences, hurries back with Lakṣmaṇa and finds their dwelling deserted

In the sequence: he suspects that the false cry frightened Sītā into sending Lakṣmaṇa away and that this gave their enemies an opportunity

3.56.13

sarvathā rakṣasā tena jihmena sudurātmanā
vadatā lakṣmaṇety uccais tavāpi janitaṃ bhayam

Assuredly, by that crooked and utterly evil-souled rākṣasa crying out 'Lakṣmaṇa!' aloud, fear was stirred up even in you.

Words: sarvathā — assuredly; rakṣasā — by the rākṣasa; tena — that; jihmena — crooked; sudurātmanā — utterly evil-souled; vadatā — crying, uttering; lakṣmaṇety — 'Lakṣmaṇa!'; uccais — aloud; tavāpi — even in you; janitaṃ — produced, stirred up; bhayam — fear

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.