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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.56.14

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

3.56.14

śrutaś ca śaṅke vaidehyā sa svaraḥ sadṛśo mama
trastayā preṣitas tvaṃ ca draṣṭuṃ māṃ śīghram āgataḥ

That voice, so like mine, was heard by Vaidehī, I suspect; and, terrified, she sent you, and you came quickly to see me.

Words: śrutaś — heard; ca — and; śaṅke — I suspect; vaidehyā — by Vaidehī; sa — that; svaraḥ — voice; sadṛśo — resembling; mama — mine; trastayā — by (her) terrified; preṣitas — sent; tvaṃ — you; ca — and; draṣṭuṃ — to see; māṃ — me; śīghram — quickly; āgataḥ — come

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.