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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.47.13

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

2.47.13

arthadharmau parityajya yaḥ kāmam anuvartate
evam āpadyate kṣipraṃ rājā daśaratho yathā

He who, forsaking wealth and dharma, follows after desire, swiftly comes to grief — as King Daśaratha has.

Words: arthadharmau — wealth and dharma; parityajya — having forsaken; yaḥ — who; kāmam — desire; anuvartate — follows after; evam — thus; āpadyate — comes to grief, meets misfortune; kṣipraṃ — swiftly; rājā daśaratho — King Daśaratha; yathā — just as

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.