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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.60.10

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 60: Traces of Sītā’s abduction. Flowers, footprints, blood and chariot wreckage suggest a struggle, Rāma’s uncertainty turns to threats against the whole world

In the sequence: Rāma wonders how he can face Sītā's parents and resolves to search the river, Janasthāna, and Prasravaṇa

3.60.10

nirāśas tu tayā nadyā sītāyā darśane kṛtaḥ
uvāca rāmaḥ saumitriṃ sītādarśanakarśitaḥ

Made hopeless by that river of seeing Sītā, Rāma, wasted with longing to behold Sītā, spoke to Saumitri:

Words: nirāśas — made hopeless, despairing; tu — but; tayā — by that; nadyā — river; sītāyā — of Sītā; darśane — in the seeing; kṛtaḥ — made; uvāca — said; rāmaḥ — Rāma; saumitriṃ — to Saumitri (Lakṣmaṇa); sītādarśanakarśitaḥ — wasted with longing to behold Sītā

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.