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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.59.7
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
3.59.7
kathaṃ pratijñāṃ saṃśrutya mayā tvam abhiyojitaḥ
apūrayitvā taṃ kālaṃ matsakāśam ihāgataḥ
How is it that, having agreed to the promise to which you were charged by me, without completing that period you have come here into my presence?
Words: kathaṃ — how; pratijñāṃ — the promise; saṃśrutya — having agreed to; mayā — by me; tvam — you; abhiyojitaḥ — charged, engaged; apūrayitvā — without fulfilling; taṃ — that; kālaṃ — period, time; matsakāśam — to my presence; ihāgataḥ — come here
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.