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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.47.27

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: although he could seize Ayodhyā by force, he refuses to do so at the cost of righteousness → he falls silent in tears

2.47.27

etad anyac ca karuṇaṃ vilapya vijane bahu
aśrupūrṇamukho rāmo niśi tūṣṇīm upāviśat

Having lamented this and much else piteously in that lonely place, Rāma, his face bathed in tears, sat silent in the night.

Words: etad anyac ca — this and other; karuṇaṃ — piteously; vilapya — having lamented; vijane — in the lonely place; bahu — much; aśrupūrṇamukho — his face full of tears; rāmo — Rāma; niśi — at night; tūṣṇīm — silent; upāviśat — sat down

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.