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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.59.25

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: Rāma recalls all the places already searched, collapses in renewed grief, and repeatedly cries for her despite his brother's efforts to comfort him.

3.59.25

evaṃ sa vilapan rāmaḥ sītāharaṇakarśitaḥ
dīnaḥ śokasamāviṣṭo muhūrtaṃ vihvalo 'bhavat

Thus lamenting, Rāma, wasted by the abduction of Sītā, wretched and overwhelmed with grief, became distraught for a while.

Words: evaṃ — thus; sa — he; vilapan — lamenting; rāmaḥ — Rāma; sītāharaṇakarśitaḥ — wasted by Sītā's abduction; dīnaḥ — wretched; śokasamāviṣṭo — overwhelmed with grief; muhūrtaṃ — for a while; vihvalo — distraught; 'bhavat — became

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.