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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.61.10

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: he reminds Rāma that the natural and divine worlds need not be his enemies

3.61.10

sadā tvaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ śaraṇyaḥ paramā gatiḥ
ko nu dārapraṇāśaṃ te sādhu manyeta rāghava

You are ever the refuge of all beings, their supreme resort; who, O Rāghava, would deem the loss of your wife a light matter?

Words: sadā — always; tvaṃ — you; sarvabhūtānāṃ — of all beings; śaraṇyaḥ — refuge, protector; paramā — supreme; gatiḥ — resort, recourse; ko nu — who indeed; dārapraṇāśaṃ — the loss of (your) wife; te — your; sādhu — rightly, good; manyeta — would think, deem; rāghava — O Rāghava

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.