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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.60.14

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

3.60.14

godāvarīṃ janasthānam imaṃ prasravaṇaṃ girim
sarvāṇy anucariṣyāmi yadi sītā hi dṛśyate

The Godāvarī, Janasthāna, this Prasravaṇa mountain — all of these I shall roam through, if only Sītā may be seen.

Words: godāvarīṃ — the Godāvarī; janasthānam — Janasthāna; imaṃ — this; prasravaṇaṃ — Prasravaṇa; girim — mountain; sarvāṇy — all; anucariṣyāmi — I shall roam through; yadi — if; sītā — Sītā; hi — indeed; dṛśyate — may be seen

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.