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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.58.2

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

3.58.2

upālakṣya nimittāni so 'śubhāni muhur muhuḥ
api kṣemaṃ tu sītāyā iti vai vyājahāra ha

Observing these inauspicious omens again and again, he said, 'Is it well, indeed, with Sītā?'

Words: upālakṣya — having observed; nimittāni — the omens; so — he; 'śubhāni — inauspicious; muhur — again; muhuḥ — and again; api — whether; kṣemaṃ — well-being; tu — indeed; sītāyā — with Sītā; iti — thus; vai — indeed; vyājahāra — he uttered; ha — surely

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.