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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.57.13

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 57: Lakṣmaṇa explains his departure. He recounts Sītā’s accusations after the false cry, Rāma insists that her harsh words should not have overridden his order

In the sequence: he recounts how the cry in Rāma's voice frightened Sītā and how he tried to reassure her that no enemy could overcome Rāma

3.57.13

alaṃ vaiklavyam ālambya svasthā bhava nirutsukā
na cāsti triṣu lokeṣu pumān yo rāghavaṃ raṇe
jāto vā jāyamāno vā saṃyuge yaḥ parājayet

Enough of giving way to agitation—be composed and free of anxiety; there is no man in the three worlds, born or yet to be born, who could defeat Rāghava in battle.

Words: alaṃ — enough; vaiklavyam — agitation, distress; ālambya — giving way to, resorting to; svasthā — composed, self-possessed; bhava — be; nirutsukā — free of anxiety; na — not; cāsti — and there is; triṣu — in the three; lokeṣu — worlds; pumān — man; yo — who; rāghavaṃ — Rāghava; raṇe — in battle; jāto — born; vā — or; jāyamāno — being born, yet to be born; vā — or; saṃyuge — in combat; yaḥ — who; parājayet — could defeat

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.