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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.61.6
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 says they do not yet know who owned or wrecked the chariot → although the ground clearly shows a fight, it shows no great army, so the evidence does not justify blaming the world for one offender's act
3.61.6
na tu jānāmi kasyāyaṃ bhagnaḥ sāṃgrāmiko rathaḥ
kena vā kasya vā hetoḥ sāyudhaḥ saparicchadaḥ
But I do not know whose is this shattered war-chariot, nor by whom or for what reason it was broken, with its weapons and its trappings.
Words: na tu jānāmi — but I do not know; kasyāyaṃ — whose is this; bhagnaḥ — broken, shattered; sāṃgrāmiko — of war, battle-; rathaḥ — chariot; kena vā — or by whom; kasya vā hetoḥ — or for what reason; sāyudhaḥ — with its weapons; saparicchadaḥ — with its trappings, equipment
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.