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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.59.6

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: he imagines dying of grief and meeting Daśaratha before completing the promised exile, only to be reproached for failing his word

3.59.6

mṛtaṃ śokena mahatā sītāharaṇajena mām
paraloke mahārājo nūnaṃ drakṣyati me pitā

My father, the great king, will surely see me in the other world, dead from the great grief born of Sītā's abduction.

Words: mṛtaṃ — dead; śokena — by grief; mahatā — great; sītāharaṇajena — born of Sītā's abduction; mām — me; paraloke — in the other world; mahārājo — the great king; nūnaṃ — surely; drakṣyati — will see; me — my; pitā — father

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.