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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.56.5

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: Rāma repeatedly asks where Sītā is, recalling how she shared his exile and saying that no Kingdom could compensate for losing her

3.56.5

patitvam amarāṇāṃ vā pṛthivyāś cāpi lakṣmaṇa
vinā tāṃ tapanīyābhāṃ neccheyaṃ janakātmajām

Even lordship over the immortals or over the earth, Lakṣmaṇa, I would not want without her, the gold-hued daughter of Janaka.

Words: patitvam — lordship, sovereignty; amarāṇāṃ — over the immortals; vā — or; pṛthivyāś — of the earth; cāpi — and even; lakṣmaṇa — Lakṣmaṇa; vinā — without; tāṃ — her; tapanīyābhāṃ — radiant as gold; neccheyaṃ — I would not desire; janakātmajām — the daughter of Janaka

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.