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In the revered Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, in the Araṇya Kāṇḍa, this is the fifty-eighth canto. Having seen Lakṣmaṇa distressed and desolate, the righteous son of Daśaratha questioned him about Vaidehī, with the transmitted phrase “āgataṃ vinā” literally meaning “without [her] having come”; in context, it conveys the question about Vaidehī’s absence. (1)
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प्रस्थितं दण्डकारण्यं या मामनुजगाम ह।
क्व सा लक्ष्मण वैदेही यां हित्वा त्वमिहागतः॥ २॥
English · Meaning
She who followed me when I set out for the Dandaka Forest—where is that Vaidehi, Lakshmana, whom you have left behind and come here?
“Where is that Vaidehī, my companion in suffering, slender-waisted, while I am one fallen from kingship, distressed, and wandering through the Daṇḍaka regions?” (3)
“Without her, O hero, I cannot bear to live even for a moment. Where is that Sītā, my companion in life-breath, comparable to the daughter of a god?” (4)
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Sanskrit · 3.58.p08975
पतित्वममराणां हि पृथिव्याश्चापि लक्ष्मण।
विना तां तपनीयाभां नेच्छेयं जनकात्मजाम्॥ ५॥
English · Meaning
“Indeed, O Lakṣmaṇa, without that daughter of Janaka, whose radiance is like refined gold, I would not desire lordship over the immortals or even over the earth.” (5)
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