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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.59.4

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

3.59.4

vṛṣkeṇāvārya yadi māṃ sīte hasitum icchasi
alaṃ te hasitenādya māṃ bhajasva suduḥkhitam

If, screening yourself behind a tree, Sītā, you wish to laugh at me—enough of your laughter now; come to me, who am so sorely grieved.

Words: vṛṣkeṇāvārya — having screened (yourself) with a tree; yadi — if; māṃ — me; sīte — O Sītā; hasitum — to laugh; icchasi — you wish; alaṃ — enough; te — of your; hasitenādya — with laughter now; māṃ — me; bhajasva — attend to, come to; suduḥkhitam — sorely grieved

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.