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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.52.22

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 52: Sumantra reports the farewells. Rāma asks Bharata to care for the family, Lakṣmaṇa condemns the banishment and Sītā stands silently in tears

In the sequence: he then reports Lakṣmaṇa's angry questions: what offense justified the banishment, and how could the King expect the people's affection after treating Rāma this way? → Lakṣmaṇa said he now regarded Rāma as his father and protector

2.52.22

sarvalokapriyaṃ tyaktvā sarvalokahite ratam
sarvaloko 'nurajyeta kathaṃ tvānena karmaṇā

'Having cast off one dear to all the world and devoted to the welfare of all the world—how could the whole world hold you dear for this deed?'

Words: sarvalokapriyaṃ — dear to all the world; tyaktvā — having abandoned; sarvalokahite — devoted to the welfare of all the world; ratam — devoted, intent on; sarvaloko — the whole world; 'nurajyeta — would take delight, be attached; kathaṃ — how; tvānena — you... by this; karmaṇā — by (this) deed

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.