Araṇya Kāṇḍa 61: Lakṣmaṇa restrains Rāma’s anger · 3.61.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.61.1

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 61: Lakṣmaṇa restrains Rāma’s anger. He rejects destroying the world for one offender and urges a search and persuasion before resorting to force

In the sequence: Seeing Rāma poised for destruction, Lakṣmaṇa appeals to his usual restraint and concern for living beings

3.61.1

tapyamānaṃ tathā rāmaṃ sītāharaṇakarśitam
lokānām abhave yuktaṃ sāmvartakam ivānalam

Rāma, tormented thus and wasted by the abduction of Sītā, fit to bring about the destruction of the worlds like the fire of universal dissolution—

Words: tapyamānaṃ — being tormented, burning; tathā — thus; rāmaṃ — Rāma; sītāharaṇakarśitam — wasted by the abduction of Sītā; lokānām — of the worlds; abhave — for the destruction, annihilation; yuktaṃ — fit, suited; sāmvartakam — the fire of world-dissolution; ivānalam — like fire

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.