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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.57.8

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

3.57.8

sā tam ārtasvaraṃ śrutvā tava snehena maithilī
gaccha gaccheti mām āha rudantī bhayavihvalā

Hearing that anguished cry, Maithilī, out of love for you, weeping and overcome with fear, said to me, 'Go, go!'

Words: sā — she; tam — that; ārtasvaraṃ — anguished cry; śrutvā — having heard; tava — for you, your; snehena — out of love; maithilī — Maithilī; gaccha — go; gaccheti — 'go,' thus; mām — to me; āha — said; rudantī — weeping; bhayavihvalā — overcome with fear

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.