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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.56.15

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

3.56.15

sarvathā tu kṛtaṃ kaṣṭaṃ sītām utsṛjatā vane
pratikartuṃ nṛśaṃsānāṃ rakṣasāṃ dattam antaram

In every way a grievous wrong has been done by abandoning Sītā in the forest; an opening has been given to the cruel rākṣasas to strike back.

Words: sarvathā — in every way; tu — indeed; kṛtaṃ — done; kaṣṭaṃ — a grievous wrong; sītām — Sītā; utsṛjatā — by (you) abandoning; vane — in the forest; pratikartuṃ — to strike back, retaliate; nṛśaṃsānāṃ — of the cruel; rakṣasāṃ — of the rākṣasas; dattam — given; antaram — an opening, opportunity

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.