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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.20.16

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 20: Lakṣmaṇa opposes fate with effort. He offers to overcome every obstacle by force, Rāma wipes away his tears but remains bound to the promise

In the sequence: he offers to overcome every obstacle to Rāma's abhiṣeka, even opposition from their father

2.20.16

lokapālāḥ samastās te nādya rāmābhiṣecanam
na ca kṛtsnās trayo lokā vihanyuḥ kiṃ punaḥ pitā

Not all the guardians of the world together, nor the entire three worlds, could thwart Rāma's consecration today—how much less your father!

Words: lokapālāḥ — the guardians of the world; samastās — all together; te — they, those; nādya — not today; rāmābhiṣecanam — Rāma's consecration; na — not; ca — and; kṛtsnās — entire, whole; trayo — three; lokā — worlds; vihanyuḥ — could thwart, hinder; kiṃ — what; punaḥ — again, then; pitā — the father

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.