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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.47.18

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

2.47.18

kṣudrakarmā hi kaikeyī dveṣād anyāyyam ācaret
paridadyā hi dharmajñe bharate mama mātaram

For Kaikeyī, of base deeds, might out of malice act unjustly toward her; so entrust my mother to the dharma-knowing Bharata.

Words: kṣudrakarmā — of base deeds; hi — for; kaikeyī — Kaikeyī; dveṣād — out of malice; anyāyyam — an unjust thing; ācaret — might act, behave; paridadyā — you should entrust; hi — indeed; dharmajñe — to the dharma-knowing (one); bharate — to Bharata; mama mātaram — my mother

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.