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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.59.14
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: Lakṣmaṇa urges him to keep searching instead of assuming the worst: she may be in a cave, by a river or lotus pond, or exploring the woods
3.59.14
priyakānanasaṃcārā vanonmattā ca maithilī
sā vanaṃ vā praviṣṭā syān nalinīṃ vā supuṣpitām
Maithilī loves to roam the woods and is enraptured by the forest; she may have entered the forest, or a lotus-pond in full bloom.
Words: priyakānanasaṃcārā — fond of roaming the woods; vanonmattā — enraptured by the forest; ca — and; maithilī — Maithilī; sā — she; vanaṃ — the forest; vā — or; praviṣṭā — entered; syān — may be; nalinīṃ — a lotus-pond; vā — or; supuṣpitām — in full bloom
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.