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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.61.11

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

3.61.11

saritaḥ sāgarāḥ śailā devagandharvadānavāḥ
nālaṃ te vipriyaṃ kartuṃ dīkṣitasyeva sādhavaḥ

Rivers, oceans, mountains, gods, gandharvas and dānavas are unable to do you harm, as good men cannot harm one consecrated for a sacrifice.

Words: saritaḥ — rivers; sāgarāḥ — oceans; śailā — mountains; devagandharvadānavāḥ — gods, gandharvas and dānavas; nālaṃ — are not able; te — to you; vipriyaṃ — harm, disservice; kartuṃ — to do; dīkṣitasyeva — as (to) one consecrated; sādhavaḥ — good men, the virtuous

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.