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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.60.16

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: the brothers find fallen flowers, which he recognizes as ones he gave Sītā for her hair

3.60.16

tāṃ puṣpavṛṣṭiṃ patitāṃ dṛṣṭvā rāmo mahītale
uvāca lakṣmaṇaṃ vīro duḥkhito duḥkhitaṃ vacaḥ

Seeing that shower of flowers fallen upon the ground, the hero Rāma, himself sorrowing, spoke sorrowful words to Lakṣmaṇa:

Words: tāṃ — that; puṣpavṛṣṭiṃ — shower of flowers; patitāṃ — fallen; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; rāmo — Rāma; mahītale — upon the ground; uvāca — said; lakṣmaṇaṃ — to Lakṣmaṇa; vīro — the hero; duḥkhito — sorrowing; duḥkhitaṃ — sorrowful; vacaḥ — words

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.