Araṇya Kāṇḍa 62: Lakṣmaṇa recalls Rāma’s own teaching · 3.62.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.62.1

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 62: Lakṣmaṇa recalls Rāma’s own teaching. Even the great suffer loss, judgment and effort must survive grief so that the enemy can be found and defeated

In the sequence: When grief again overwhelms Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa presses his feet and helps him recover

3.62.1

taṃ tathā śokasaṃtaptaṃ vilapantam anāthavat
mohena mahatāviṣṭaṃ paridyūnam acetanam

Him, thus tormented with grief, lamenting like one forlorn, overcome by a great swoon, utterly dejected and senseless —

Words: taṃ — him; tathā — thus; śokasaṃtaptaṃ — tormented with grief; vilapantam — lamenting; anāthavat — like one forlorn, helpless; mohena — by swoon, delusion; mahatāviṣṭaṃ — possessed by a great (swoon); paridyūnam — utterly dejected; acetanam — senseless, unconscious

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.