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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.61.5
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
3.61.5
candre lakṣṇīḥ prabhā sūrye gatir vāyau bhuvi kṣamā
etac ca niyataṃ sarvaṃ tvayi cānuttamaṃ yaśaḥ
In the moon is beauty, in the sun radiance, in the wind motion, in the earth forbearance; all this is fixed—and in you is unsurpassed glory.
Words: candre — in the moon; lakṣṇīḥ — beauty, splendour; prabhā — radiance; sūrye — in the sun; gatir — motion; vāyau — in the wind; bhuvi — in the earth; kṣamā — forbearance, patience; etac ca — and this; niyataṃ — fixed, constant; sarvaṃ — all; tvayi — in you; cānuttamaṃ — and unsurpassed; yaśaḥ — glory, fame
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.