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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.59.11
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
3.59.11
itīva vilapan rāmaḥ sītādarśanalālasaḥ
na dadarśa suduḥkhārto rāghavo janakātmajām
Thus lamenting, Rāma, longing for the sight of Sītā and sorely afflicted, that Rāghava did not see Janaka's daughter.
Words: itīva — thus; vilapan — lamenting; rāmaḥ — Rāma; sītādarśanalālasaḥ — longing for the sight of Sītā; na — not; dadarśa — saw; suduḥkhārto — sorely afflicted; rāghavo — Rāghava; janakātmajām — Janaka's daughter
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.