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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.14.27
Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 14: Lakṣmaṇa builds the Pañcavaṭī hut. He bathes in the Godāvarī and performs puṣpabali and śānti, Rāma embraces him and recalls Daśaratha’s care
In the sequence: Rāma and Sītā are delighted → Rāma embraces Lakṣmaṇa as his reward and says that his considerate care makes their father seem still present
3.14.27
bhāvajñena kṛtajñena dharmajñena ca lakṣmaṇa
tvayā putreṇa dharmātmā na saṃvṛttaḥ pitā mama
By you, Lakṣmaṇa — a son who knows my mind, who is grateful, and who knows dharma — my righteous father lives on and is not gone.
Words: bhāvajñena — who knows (my) mind; kṛtajñena — grateful; dharmajñena — who knows dharma; ca — and; lakṣmaṇa — O Lakṣmaṇa; tvayā — by you; putreṇa — by (such) a son; dharmātmā — the righteous-souled one; na — not; saṃvṛttaḥ — become (deceased), come to an end; pitā — father; mama — my
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.