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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.59.5

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

3.59.5

yaiḥ saha krīḍase sīte viśvastair mṛgapotakaiḥ
ete hīnās tvayā saumye dhyāyanty asrāvilekṣaṇāḥ

The trusting fawns with which you used to play, Sītā—these, deprived of you, O gentle one, stand brooding with eyes clouded by tears.

Words: yaiḥ — with which; saha — together; krīḍase — you play; sīte — O Sītā; viśvastair — trusting; mṛgapotakaiḥ — fawns; ete — these; hīnās — deprived; tvayā — of you; saumye — O gentle one; dhyāyanty — they brood, muse; asrāvilekṣaṇāḥ — with tear-clouded eyes

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.