Araṇya Kāṇḍa 58: Rāma searches for Sītā · 3.58.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.58.1

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 58: Rāma searches for Sītā. He finds the hut disordered, questions trees and animals and imagines her yellow clothing among the woods

In the sequence: Resuming the arrival at the hut, the account describes Rāma's anxious haste and the omens that trouble him

3.58.1

bhṛśam āvrajamānasya tasyādhovāmalocanam
prāsphurac cāskhalad rāmo vepathuś cāsya jāyate

As he came hurrying on, the lower left eye of Rāma throbbed and twitched, and a trembling came over him.

Words: bhṛśam — intensely; āvrajamānasya — of him coming on; tasyādhovāmalocanam — his lower left eye; prāsphurac — throbbed; cāskhalad — and twitched; rāmo — Rāma; vepathuś — a trembling; cāsya — and to him; jāyate — arises

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.