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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.45.11

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 45: Lakṣmaṇa keeps watch beside the Gaṅgā. Guha offers to guard the camp, Lakṣmaṇa refuses a bed and stays awake fearing the deaths of their grieving parents

In the sequence: he fears Daśaratha will die without seeing Rāma installed

2.45.11

yo mantra tapasā labdho vividhaiś ca pariśramaiḥ
eko daśarathasyaiṣa putraḥ sadṛśalakṣaṇaḥ

'He who was won through sacred mantra and austerity and through manifold labors — this is the one son of Daśaratha who bears marks worthy of his father.'

Words: yo — who; mantra — by sacred mantra; tapasā — by austerity; labdho — obtained, won; vividhaiś ca — and by various; pariśramaiḥ — labors, efforts; eko — one, sole; daśarathasyaiṣa — this of Daśaratha; putraḥ — son; sadṛśalakṣaṇaḥ — bearing befitting marks

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.