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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.57.6

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: Lakṣmaṇa says he did not leave willingly

3.57.6

na svayaṃ kāmakāreṇa tāṃ tyaktvāham ihāgataḥ
pracoditas tayaivograis tvatsakāśam ihāgataḥ

Not of my own free will did I abandon her and come here; urged on by her with fierce words, I came here to your presence.

Words: na — not; svayaṃ — of my own accord; kāmakāreṇa — by free will, willfully; tāṃ — her; tyaktvāham — having abandoned, I; ihāgataḥ — came here; pracoditas — urged on; tayaivograis — by her with fierce (words); tvatsakāśam — to your presence; ihāgataḥ — came here

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.