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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.47.17

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: fearing for Kausalyā and Sumitrā, he asks Lakṣmaṇa to return and protect them while he continues with Sītā

2.47.17

aham eko gamiṣyāmi sītayā saha daṇḍakān
anāthāyā hi nāthas tvaṃ kausalyāyā bhaviṣyasi

I shall go alone with Sītā to the Daṇḍaka forests; for you will be the protector of the helpless Kausalyā.

Words: aham eko — I alone; gamiṣyāmi — shall go; sītayā saha — together with Sītā; daṇḍakān — to the Daṇḍaka (forests); anāthāyā — of the helpless one; hi — for; nāthas tvaṃ — you the protector; kausalyāyā — of Kausalyā; bhaviṣyasi — will become

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.