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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.57.7
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: he recounts how the cry in Rāma's voice frightened Sītā and how he tried to reassure her that no enemy could overcome Rāma
3.57.7
āryeṇeva parikruṣṭaṃ hā sīte lakṣmaṇeti ca
paritrāhīti yad vākyaṃ maithilyās tac chrutiṃ gatam
The cry that seemed uttered by the noble one—'Ah Sītā! O Lakṣmaṇa! Save me!'—that utterance reached Maithilī's hearing.
Words: āryeṇeva — as if by the noble one (Ārya, Rāma); parikruṣṭaṃ — cried out, wailed; hā — ah, alas; sīte — O Sītā; lakṣmaṇeti — '(O) Lakṣmaṇa,' thus; ca — and; paritrāhīti — 'save (me),' thus; yad — which; vākyaṃ — utterance; maithilyās — of Maithilī; tac — that; chrutiṃ — hearing; gatam — reached, went to
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.