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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.59.2

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: At the empty, disordered hermitage, Rāma again calls for Sītā and wonders whether she is hiding nearby

3.59.2

adṛṣṭvā tatra vaidehīṃ saṃnirīkṣya ca sarvaśaḥ
uvāca rāmaḥ prākruśya pragṛhya rucirau bhujau

Not seeing Vaidehī there, and looking about in every direction, Rāma cried out and, raising his lovely arms, spoke:

Words: adṛṣṭvā — not having seen; tatra — there; vaidehīṃ — Vaidehī; saṃnirīkṣya — having looked around; ca — and; sarvaśaḥ — in every direction; uvāca — spoke; rāmaḥ — Rāma; prākruśya — having cried out; pragṛhya — raising, seizing; rucirau — lovely (the two); bhujau — arms (the two)

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.