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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.59.9
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 calls after Sītā and says he cannot live without her
3.59.9
vivaśaṃ śokasaṃtaptaṃ dīnaṃ bhagnamanoratham
mām ihotsṛjya karuṇaṃ kīrtir naram ivānṛjum
(You have left) me here helpless, scorched with grief, wretched, my hopes shattered, and pitiable—as glory forsakes a crooked man.
Words: vivaśaṃ — helpless; śokasaṃtaptaṃ — scorched with grief; dīnaṃ — wretched; bhagnamanoratham — with hopes shattered; mām — me; ihotsṛjya — having abandoned here; karuṇaṃ — pitiable; kīrtir — glory, fame; naram — a man; ivānṛjum — as a crooked (man)
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.