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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.15.34
Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 15: Rāma’s winter bath in the Godāvarī. Lakṣmaṇa describes cold water and imagines Bharata’s Sarayū bath, Rāma bathes with Sītā & Lakṣmaṇa and offers water
In the sequence: Rāma stops him from blaming Kaikeyī and asks him to speak only of Bharata → he says that although his commitment to the forest vow remains firm, longing for Bharata makes his heart childlike again
3.15.34
ity evaṃ lakṣmaṇe vākyaṃ snehād bruvati dharmike
parivādaṃ jananyās tam asahan rāghavo 'bravīt
When the righteous Lakṣmaṇa was speaking these words thus out of affection, Rāghava, unable to bear that censure of his mother, said:
Words: ity evaṃ — thus, in this way; lakṣmaṇe — when Lakṣmaṇa; vākyaṃ — the words, speech; snehād — out of affection; bruvati — was speaking; dharmike — the righteous; parivādaṃ — the censure, reproach; jananyās — of the mother; tam — that; asahan — not bearing, unable to endure; rāghavo — Rāghava; 'bravīt — said
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.