Araṇya Kāṇḍa 59: Lakṣmaṇa renews the search · 3.59.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.59.1

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 59: Lakṣmaṇa renews the search. He urges Rāma to inspect caves, rivers and groves before assuming Sītā’s death, their fruitless search returns Rāma to grief

In the sequence: At the empty, disordered hermitage, Rāma again calls for Sītā and wonders whether she is hiding nearby

3.59.1

dṛṣṭāśramapadaṃ śūnyaṃ rāmo daśarathātmajaḥ
rahitāṃ parṇaśālāṃ ca vidhvastāny āsanāni ca

Rāma, son of Daśaratha, having seen the hermitage-ground empty, the leaf-hut deserted, and the seats overturned—

Words: dṛṣṭāśramapadaṃ — having seen the hermitage-ground; śūnyaṃ — empty; rāmo — Rāma; daśarathātmajaḥ — son of Daśaratha; rahitāṃ — deserted, devoid; parṇaśālāṃ — the leaf-hut; ca — and; vidhvastāny — overturned, scattered; āsanāni — the seats; ca — and

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.