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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.80.17

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 80: Guha recounts Lakṣmaṇa’s vigil. Lakṣmaṇa refused sleep and feared for their parents, then crossed the Gaṅgā with Rāma & Sītā at dawn

In the sequence: he feared Daśaratha and Kausalyā would die of grief and that the King would never see Rāma installed

2.80.17

atikrāntam atikrāntam anavāpya manoratham
rājye rāmam anikṣipya pitā me vinaśiṣyati

‘All is undone, all is undone! Having failed to attain his heart's desire, and without installing Rāma in the kingship, my father will perish.’

Words: atikrāntam — all is past, gone by; atikrāntam — all is past, gone by; anavāpya — not having attained; manoratham — his heart's desire; rājye — in the kingship; rāmam — Rāma; anikṣipya — not having installed; pitā — father; me — my; vinaśiṣyati — will perish

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.