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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.58.34

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.

3.58.34

sa vanāni nadīḥ śailān giriprasravaṇāni ca
kānanāni ca vegena bhramaty aparisaṃsthitaḥ

Restless and never halting, he roamed swiftly over forests, rivers, mountains, mountain-cascades and groves.

Words: sa — he; vanāni — forests; nadīḥ — rivers; śailān — mountains; giriprasravaṇāni — mountain-cascades; ca — and; kānanāni — groves; ca — and; vegena — swiftly; bhramaty — wanders; aparisaṃsthitaḥ — without ceasing

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.