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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.60.26

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 fears she has been torn apart and mistakenly supposes that two rākṣasas fought over her

3.60.26

manye lakṣmaṇa vaidehī rākṣasaiḥ kāmarūpibhiḥ
bhittvā bhittvā vibhaktā vā bhakṣitā vā bhaviṣyati

“I fear, Lakṣmaṇa, that Vaidehī has been torn apart again and again by rākṣasas who take shapes at will, and either divided among them or devoured.”

Words: manye — I think, I fear; lakṣmaṇa — O Lakṣmaṇa; vaidehī — Vaidehī; rākṣasaiḥ — by the rākṣasas; kāmarūpibhiḥ — taking shapes at will; bhittvā — having torn, split; bhittvā — having torn, split; vibhaktā — divided, apportioned; vā — or; bhakṣitā — devoured; vā — or; bhaviṣyati — will have been

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.