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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.57.14

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 57: Lakṣmaṇa explains his departure. He recounts Sītā’s accusations after the false cry, Rāma insists that her harsh words should not have overridden his order

In the sequence: she accused him of desiring her, conspiring with Bharata, and waiting for an opportunity against Rāma → angered by those accusations, he left the hermitage

3.57.14

evam uktā tu vaidehī parimohitacetanā
uvācāśrūṇi muñcantī dāruṇaṃ mām idaṃ vacaḥ

Thus addressed, Vaidehī, her mind utterly bewildered, shedding tears, spoke to me this harsh word.

Words: evam — thus; uktā — addressed; tu — but; vaidehī — Vaidehī; parimohitacetanā — her mind utterly bewildered; uvācāśrūṇi — spoke, (shedding) tears; muñcantī — shedding; dāruṇaṃ — harsh; mām — to me; idaṃ — this; vacaḥ — word

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.