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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.60.13

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

3.60.13

jñātipakṣavihīnasya rājaputrīm apaśyataḥ
manye dīrghā bhaviṣyanti rātrayo mama jāgrataḥ

For me, deprived of the company of kinsmen and not seeing the princess, I think the nights will be long as I lie awake.

Words: jñātipakṣavihīnasya — deprived of the side of kinsmen; rājaputrīm — the princess; apaśyataḥ — not seeing; manye — I think; dīrghā — long; bhaviṣyanti — will be; rātrayo — the nights; mama — my, of me; jāgrataḥ — lying awake, wakeful

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.