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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.58.4

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: he searches in every direction and finds the hut deserted, its deerskins, grass, mat, and cushions scattered

3.58.4

udbhramann iva vegena vikṣipan raghunandanaḥ
tatra tatroṭajasthānam abhivīkṣya samantataḥ

Whirling about as if in frenzy, casting his gaze this way and that, Raghu's delight looked around the site of the hut on every side.

Words: udbhramann — whirling about; iva — as if; vegena — with speed; vikṣipan — flinging his glances; raghunandanaḥ — the delight of the Raghus; tatra — here; tatroṭajasthānam — there the site of the hut; abhivīkṣya — having gazed at; samantataḥ — on all sides

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.