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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.62.6

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: he reminds him how dearly Daśaratha obtained and loved him, and asks how ordinary people could bear suffering if Rāma cannot

3.62.6

duḥkhito hi bhavāṃl lokāṃs tejasā yadi dhakṣyate
ārtāḥ prajā naravyāghra kva nu yāsyanti nirvṛtim

“For if you, sorrowing, should burn up the worlds with your fiery power, where, O tiger among men, will the afflicted creatures go for peace?

Words: duḥkhito — sorrowing; hi — for; bhavāṃl — you, your honour; lokāṃs — the worlds; tejasā — with fiery power, energy; yadi — if; dhakṣyate — should burn (them); ārtāḥ — afflicted; prajā — the creatures, people; naravyāghra — O tiger among men; kva — where; nu — indeed; yāsyanti — will go; nirvṛtim — to peace, rest

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.