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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.57.15

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

3.57.15

bhāvo mayi tavātyarthaṃ pāpa eva niveśitaḥ
vinaṣṭe bhrātari prāpte na ca tvaṃ mām avāpsyasi

Your feeling toward me has been set exceedingly wicked; even when your brother is dead and gone, you shall not obtain me.

Words: bhāvo — feeling, intention; mayi — toward me; tavātyarthaṃ — your... exceedingly; pāpa — wicked, evil; eva — indeed; niveśitaḥ — has been set, fixed; vinaṣṭe — (when) destroyed, dead; bhrātari — (your) brother; prāpte — having come to pass; na — not; ca — and; tvaṃ — you; mām — me; avāpsyasi — shall obtain

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.