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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.58.6

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

3.58.6

rudantam iva vṛkṣaiś ca mlānapuṣpamṛgadvijam
śriyā vihīnaṃ vidhvastaṃ saṃtyaktavanadaivatam

(the place) as if weeping through its trees, its flowers withered and its beasts and birds drooping, stripped of splendour, shattered, forsaken by the forest deities;

Words: rudantam — weeping; iva — as if; vṛkṣaiś — through the trees; ca — and; mlānapuṣpamṛgadvijam — with withered flowers, beasts and birds; śriyā — of splendour; vihīnaṃ — devoid; vidhvastaṃ — shattered; saṃtyaktavanadaivatam — forsaken by the forest deities

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.