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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.47.28

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

2.47.28

vilapyoparataṃ rāmaṃ gatārciṣam ivānalam
samudram iva nirvegam āśvāsayata lakṣmaṇaḥ

Lakṣmaṇa consoled Rāma, who had ceased his lament — like a fire whose flames had died, like an ocean grown calm.

Words: vilapyoparataṃ — who had ceased lamenting; rāmaṃ — Rāma; gatārciṣam — whose flame has gone; ivānalam — like a fire; samudram iva — like the ocean; nirvegam — without agitation, calm; āśvāsayata — consoled; lakṣmaṇaḥ — 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.