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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.60.2

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 sends Lakṣmaṇa to check whether Sītā is gathering lotuses at the Godāvarī

3.60.2

evam uktas tu rāmeṇa lakṣmaṇaḥ punar eva hi
nadīṃ godāvarīṃ ramyāṃ jagāma laghuvikramaḥ

Thus addressed by Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa, swift of stride, once more went to the lovely Godāvarī river.

Words: evam — thus; uktas — addressed; tu — but, and; rāmeṇa — by Rāma; lakṣmaṇaḥ — Lakṣmaṇa; punar — again; eva — indeed; hi — truly; nadīṃ — to the river; godāvarīṃ — Godāvarī; ramyāṃ — lovely; jagāma — went; laghuvikramaḥ — swift of stride

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.