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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.41.6

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 41: Rāma leaves the sleeping citizens. Sumantra lays misleading tracks, Rāma crosses the Tamasā with Sītā & Lakṣmaṇa before the followers wake

In the sequence: trusting Bharata to comfort their parents, he thanks Lakṣmaṇa for helping protect Sītā and decides to take only water that night

2.41.6

bharatasyānṛśaṃsatvaṃ saṃcintyāhaṃ punaḥ punaḥ
nānuśocāmi pitaraṃ mātaraṃ cāpi lakṣmaṇa

Reflecting again and again on Bharata's gentleness, I do not grieve for my father, nor even for my mother, Lakṣmaṇa.

Words: bharatasyānṛśaṃsatvaṃ — Bharata's gentleness; saṃcintyāhaṃ — reflecting, I; punaḥ — again; punaḥ — and again; nānuśocāmi — I do not grieve; pitaraṃ — for father; mātaraṃ — for mother; cāpi — and even; lakṣmaṇa — O Lakṣmaṇa

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.