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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.58.3

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

3.58.3

tvaramāṇo jagāmātha sītādarśanalālasaḥ
śūnyam āvasathaṃ dṛṣṭvā babhūvodvignamānasaḥ

Hastening, longing to behold Sītā, he pressed on; but seeing the dwelling empty, his mind grew distraught.

Words: tvaramāṇo — hastening; jagāmātha — then he went; sītādarśanalālasaḥ — longing for the sight of Sītā; śūnyam — empty; āvasathaṃ — the dwelling; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; babhūvodvignamānasaḥ — became troubled in mind

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.