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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.59.19
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
3.59.19
nikhilena vicinvantau naiva tām abhijagmatuḥ
vicitya sarvataḥ śailaṃ rāmo lakṣmaṇam abravīt
—searching them thoroughly, the two did not find her at all. Having searched the mountain on every side, Rāma said to Lakṣmaṇa:
Words: nikhilena — thoroughly; vicinvantau — the two searching; naiva — not at all; tām — her; abhijagmatuḥ — the two reached, found; vicitya — having searched; sarvataḥ — on every side; śailaṃ — the mountain; rāmo — Rāma; lakṣmaṇam — to Lakṣmaṇa; abravīt — said
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.