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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.57.18

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

3.57.18

evam ukto hi vaidehyā saṃrabdho raktalocanaḥ
krodhāt prasphuramāṇauṣṭha āśramād abhinirgataḥ

Thus addressed by Vaidehī, enraged and red-eyed, my lips quivering with anger, I went forth from the hermitage.

Words: evam — thus; ukto — addressed; hi — indeed; vaidehyā — by Vaidehī; saṃrabdho — enraged, agitated; raktalocanaḥ — red-eyed; krodhāt — with anger; prasphuramāṇauṣṭha — (my) lips quivering; āśramād — from the hermitage; abhinirgataḥ — went forth

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.