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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.60.24

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: he notices fragments of gold, ornament-garlands, and blood

3.60.24

paśya lakṣmaṇa vaidehyāḥ śīrṇāḥ kanakabindavaḥ
bhūṣaṇānāṃ hi saumitre mālyāni vividhāni ca

“Look, Lakṣmaṇa — Vaidehī's scattered flakes of gold, and, Saumitri, the various garlands from her ornaments.”

Words: paśya — look; lakṣmaṇa — O Lakṣmaṇa; vaidehyāḥ — of Vaidehī; śīrṇāḥ — scattered, fallen; kanakabindavaḥ — flakes of gold; bhūṣaṇānāṃ — of the ornaments; hi — indeed; saumitre — O Saumitri; mālyāni — the garlands; vividhāni — various; ca — and

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.