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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.58.32

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: crying her name, he continues through woods, streams, hills, and groves, refusing to stop searching despite finding no sign of her.

3.58.32

hā priye kva gatā bhadre hā sīteti punaḥ punaḥ
ity evaṃ vilapan rāmaḥ paridhāvan vanād vanam

'Alas, my love, where have you gone, gentle one? Alas, Sītā!'—thus, again and again, lamenting, Rāma ran from wood to wood.

Words: hā — alas; priye — O beloved; kva — where; gatā — gone; bhadre — O gentle one; hā — alas; sīteti — 'O Sītā' thus; punaḥ — again; punaḥ — and again; ity — thus; evaṃ — so; vilapan — lamenting; rāmaḥ — Rāma; paridhāvan — running; vanād — from forest; vanam — to forest

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.