Chapter 44 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 44

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 44.16

हा सीते लक्ष्मणेत्येवमाक्रुश्य तु महास्वनम्। ममार राक्षसः सोऽयं श्रुत्वा सीता कथं भवेत्॥

hā sīte lakṣmaṇetyevamākruśya tu mahāsvanam| mamāra rākṣasaḥ so'yaṃ śrutvā sītā kathaṃ bhavet||

English Meaning

Mārīca has given up his ghost exclaiming aloud Ah! Sītā, Ah! Laksmana. I do not know what shall Sītā do hearing the cry? And what shall the mighty-armed Laksmana do?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)