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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.62.2

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

3.62.2

tataḥ saumitrir āśvāsya muhūrtād iva lakṣmaṇaḥ
rāmaṃ saṃbodhayām āsa caraṇau cābhipīḍayan

Then Saumitri Lakṣmaṇa, comforting him, after a moment brought Rāma to his senses, pressing his feet the while.

Words: tataḥ — then; saumitrir — Saumitri; āśvāsya — having comforted, reassured; muhūrtād — after a moment; iva — as it were; lakṣmaṇaḥ — Lakṣmaṇa; rāmaṃ — Rāma; saṃbodhayām āsa — brought to his senses, roused; caraṇau — the two feet; cābhipīḍayan — and pressing

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.