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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.47.29

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: Lakṣmaṇa says that neither he nor Sītā can live without Rāma and that his grief is overwhelming them too → reassured by their devotion, Rāma renews his resolve to complete the exile.

2.47.29

dhruvam adya purī rāma ayodhyā yudhināṃ vara
niṣprabhā tvayi niṣkrānte gatacandreva śarvarī

“Surely today, O Rāma, best of warriors, now that you have departed, the city of Ayodhyā is without splendour, like a night whose moon has set.

Words: dhruvam — surely; adya — today; purī — the city; rāma — O Rāma; ayodhyā — Ayodhyā; yudhināṃ vara — O best of warriors; niṣprabhā — without splendour; tvayi niṣkrānte — when you have departed; gatacandreva — like (a night) whose moon has gone; śarvarī — the night

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.