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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.35.5

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 35: The chariot departs. Sumitrā counsels Lakṣmaṇa, crowds and parents follow, Daśaratha calls for a halt while Rāma urges Sumantra onward

In the sequence: Sumitrā tells Lakṣmaṇa to serve Rāma attentively: he should regard Rāma as his father, Sītā as his mother, and the forest as Ayodhyā

2.35.5

sṛṣṭas tvaṃ vanavāsāya svanuraktaḥ suhṛjjane
rāme pramādaṃ mā kārṣīḥ putra bhrātari gacchati

You are appointed for dwelling in the forest, deeply devoted to your kinsman; my son, when your brother Rāma goes, make no negligence toward him.

Words: sṛṣṭas — appointed, sent forth; tvaṃ — you; vanavāsāya — for forest-dwelling; svanuraktaḥ — well-devoted, deeply attached; suhṛjjane — toward the dear one (kinsman); rāme — toward Rāma; pramādaṃ — negligence, carelessness; mā kārṣīḥ — do not make; putra — O son; bhrātari — brother; gacchati — (when he) is going

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.