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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.20.34

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 asks Rāma to name the enemy and give the order → Rāma instead wipes away his tears and repeats that he is resolved to honor their father's word.

2.20.34

anurūpāv imau bāhū rāma karma kariṣyataḥ
abhiṣecanavighnasya kartṝṇāṃ te nivāraṇe

—these two arms, so worthy, O Rāma, shall do their fitting work: the warding off of those who would make obstruction to your consecration.

Words: anurūpāv — suitable, worthy (the two); imau — these two; bāhū — arms; rāma — O Rāma; karma — work, deed; kariṣyataḥ — the two will do; abhiṣecanavighnasya — of obstruction to the consecration; kartṝṇāṃ — of the makers, doers; te — your; nivāraṇe — in the warding off

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.