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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.47.10

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 47: Rāma grieves and asks Lakṣmaṇa to return. Rāma fears for his parents and asks Lakṣmaṇa to return, Lakṣmaṇa refuses to leave him and steadies his resolve

In the sequence: he reflects bitterly on a father surrendering an obedient son for his wife's wishes and on Bharata receiving the Kingdom

2.47.10

ko hy avidvān api pumān pramadāyāḥ kṛte tyajet
chandānuvartinaṃ putraṃ tāto mām iva lakṣmaṇa

For what man, even a fool, would for the sake of a woman cast off an obedient son — as my father has cast me off, Lakṣmaṇa?

Words: ko — what; hy — for; avidvān api — even an ignorant one; pumān — man; pramadāyāḥ kṛte — for the sake of a woman; tyajet — would abandon; chandānuvartinaṃ — following (one's) wishes, obedient; putraṃ — son; tāto — the father; mām iva — as (he did) me; lakṣmaṇa — O Lakṣmaṇa

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.