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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.47.33

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.

2.47.33

sa lakṣmaṇasyottama puṣkalaṃ vaco niśamya caivaṃ vanavāsam ādarāt
samāḥ samastā vidadhe paraṃtapaḥ prapadya dharmaṃ sucirāya rāghavaḥ

Having attentively heard this excellent and copious speech of Lakṣmaṇa, that scorcher of foes, Rāghava, embracing dharma, resolved on dwelling in the forest for all those years to come.

Words: sa — he; lakṣmaṇasyottama — of Lakṣmaṇa, excellent; puṣkalaṃ — abundant, copious; vaco — speech; niśamya — having heard; caivaṃ — and thus; vanavāsam — dwelling in the forest; ādarāt — attentively, with care; samāḥ samastā — for all the years; vidadhe — arranged, resolved upon; paraṃtapaḥ — the scorcher of foes; prapadya — having embraced, resorted to; dharmaṃ — dharma; sucirāya — for a very long time; rāghavaḥ — Rāghava

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.