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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.58.7
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
3.58.7
viprakīrṇājinakuśaṃ vipraviddhabṛsīkaṭam
dṛṣṭvā śūnyoṭajasthānaṃ vilalāpa punaḥ punaḥ
seeing the hut-site deserted, its deer-skins and kuśa grass scattered, its grass-cushion and mat flung about, he lamented again and again.
Words: viprakīrṇājinakuśaṃ — with deer-skins and kuśa grass scattered; vipraviddhabṛsīkaṭam — with grass-cushion and mat flung about; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; śūnyoṭajasthānaṃ — the empty hut-site; vilalāpa — he lamented; punaḥ — again; punaḥ — and again
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.