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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.61.12
Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 61: Lakṣmaṇa restrains Rāma’s anger. He rejects destroying the world for one offender and urges a search and persuasion before resorting to force
In the sequence: he proposes that they search together, with the paramarṣis’ help, through oceans, mountains, forests, caves, lakes, and even the deva- and gandharva-lokas until they identify the abductor
3.61.12
yena rājan hṛtā sītā tam anveṣitum arhasi
maddvitīyo dhanuṣpāṇiḥ sahāyaiḥ paramarṣibhiḥ
Him by whom Sītā was carried off you ought to seek out, O king—with me as your companion, bow in hand, and with the great seers as helpers.
Words: yena — by whom; rājan — O king; hṛtā — was carried off; sītā — Sītā; tam — him; anveṣitum — to seek out; arhasi — you ought; maddvitīyo — with me as your second, companion; dhanuṣpāṇiḥ — bow in hand; sahāyaiḥ — with helpers, companions; paramarṣibhiḥ — with the great seers
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.