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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.58.10

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: failing to find her, he runs among trees, mountains, and rivers

3.58.10

yatnān mṛgayamāṇas tu nāsasāda vane priyām
śokaraktekṣaṇaḥ śokād unmatta iva lakṣyate

But though he searched with effort, he did not find his beloved in the forest; his eyes red with grief, he seemed as if maddened by sorrow.

Words: yatnān — with effort; mṛgayamāṇas — searching; tu — but; nāsasāda — did not find; vane — in the forest; priyām — his beloved; śokaraktekṣaṇaḥ — with eyes red from grief; śokād — from grief; unmatta — mad; iva — like; lakṣyate — he appears

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.