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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.59.10
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: he calls after Sītā and says he cannot live without her
3.59.10
kva gacchasi varārohe mām utsṛjya sumadhyame
tvayā virahitaś cāhaṃ mokṣye jīvitam ātmanaḥ
Where are you going, fair-hipped one, abandoning me, O slender-waisted one? Parted from you, I shall give up my own life.
Words: kva — where; gacchasi — you go; varārohe — O fair-hipped one; mām — me; utsṛjya — abandoning; sumadhyame — O slender-waisted one; tvayā — from you; virahitaś — parted; cāhaṃ — and I; mokṣye — I shall give up; jīvitam — life; ātmanaḥ — of myself
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.