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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.59.17
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: steadied for a time, Rāma joins him in searching the forests, mountain ridges, caves, rivers, and lakes
3.59.17
evam uktas tu sauhārdāl lakṣmaṇena samāhitaḥ
saha saumitriṇā rāmo vicetum upacakrame
tau vanāni girīṃś caiva saritaś ca sarāṃsi ca
Thus addressed out of affection by Lakṣmaṇa and steadied, Rāma, together with Saumitri, set about searching; the two (searched) forests and mountains and rivers and lakes.
Words: evam — thus; uktas — addressed; tu — and; sauhārdāl — out of affection; lakṣmaṇena — by Lakṣmaṇa; samāhitaḥ — steadied, composed; saha — together with; saumitriṇā — Saumitri; rāmo — Rāma; vicetum — to search; upacakrame — set about; tau — the two; vanāni — forests; girīṃś — mountains; caiva — and; saritaś — rivers; ca — and; sarāṃsi — lakes; 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.