{"kanda":3,"kandaName":"Araṇya Kāṇḍa","sarga":61,"title":"Lakṣmaṇa restrains Rāma’s anger","sentence":"He rejects destroying the world for one offender and urges a search and persuasion before resorting to force","portion":"The battle’s traces and Rāma’s anger","sequence":[[{"steps":["Seeing Rāma poised for destruction, Lakṣmaṇa appeals to his usual restraint and concern for living beings (61.1–5)"],"from":1,"to":5,"sarga":61},{"steps":["he says they do not yet know who owned or wrecked the chariot","although the ground clearly shows a fight, it shows no great army, so the evidence does not justify blaming the world for one offender's act (61.6–9)"],"from":6,"to":9,"sarga":61},{"steps":["he reminds Rāma that the natural and divine worlds need not be his enemies (61.10–11)"],"from":10,"to":11,"sarga":61},{"steps":["he proposes that they search together, with the paramarṣis’ help, through oceans, mountains, forests, caves, lakes, and even the deva- and gandharva-lokas until they identify 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nivṛttasaṃgrāmaḥ sughoraḥ pārthivātmaja","q":null}],"tr":"And this ground, torn by hooves and wheel-rims and sprinkled with drops of blood—O prince, a most dreadful place where a battle has just ended.","w":[["khuranemikṣataś","torn by hooves and wheel-rims","khuranemikṣataḥ",[["khura","hoof"],["nemi","wheel-rim"],["kṣata","wounded, torn"]]],["cāyaṃ","and this","ca ayaṃ"],["sikto","sprinkled, wetted","siktaḥ"],["rudhirabindubhiḥ","with drops of blood","",[["rudhira","blood"],["bindu","drop"]]],["deśo","place, region","deśaḥ"],["nivṛttasaṃgrāmaḥ","where the battle has ended","",[["nivṛtta","ceased, ended"],["saṃgrāma","battle"]]],["sughoraḥ","most dreadful","",[["su-","very"],["ghora","dreadful"]]],["pārthivātmaja","O son of a king, prince","pārthiva ātmaja",[["pārthiva","king"],["ātmaja","son"]]]]},{"v":8,"ref":"3.061.008","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"ekasya tu vimardo 'yaṃ na dvayor vadatāṃ vara","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"na hi vṛttaṃ hi paśyāmi balasya mahataḥ padam","q":null}],"tr":"This was the struggle of one alone, not of two, O best of speakers; for I see no sign, no footprint of a great host.","w":[["ekasya tu","but of one"],["vimardo 'yaṃ","this conflict, struggle","vimardaḥ ayaṃ"],["na dvayor","not of two","na dvayoḥ"],["vadatāṃ vara","O best of speakers","",[["vadatām","of speakers"],["vara","best"]]],["na hi","for not"],["vṛttaṃ","occurrence, trace"],["hi","indeed"],["paśyāmi","I see"],["balasya","of an army, host"],["mahataḥ","great"],["padam","footprint, track"]]},{"v":9,"ref":"3.061.009","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"naikasya tu kṛte lokān vināśayitum arhasi","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"yuktadaṇḍā hi mṛdavaḥ praśāntā vasudhādhipāḥ","q":null}],"tr":"You ought not to destroy the worlds for the sake of one alone; for kings who wield the rod justly are gentle and tranquil.","w":[["naikasya","not for one's","na ekasya"],["tu","but"],["kṛte","for the sake of"],["lokān","the worlds"],["vināśayitum","to destroy"],["arhasi","you ought"],["yuktadaṇḍā","wielding the rod 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carried off you ought to seek out, O king—with me as your companion, bow in hand, and with the great seers as helpers.","w":[["yena","by whom"],["rājan","O king"],["hṛtā","was carried off"],["sītā","Sītā"],["tam","him"],["anveṣitum","to seek out"],["arhasi","you ought"],["maddvitīyo","with me as your second, companion","maddvitīyaḥ",[["mat","me"],["dvitīya","second"]]],["dhanuṣpāṇiḥ","bow in hand","",[["dhanus","bow"],["pāṇi","hand"]]],["sahāyaiḥ","with helpers, companions"],["paramarṣibhiḥ","with the great seers","",[["parama","supreme, great"],["ṛṣi","seer"]]]]},{"v":13,"ref":"3.061.013","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"samudraṃ ca viceṣyāmaḥ parvatāṃś ca vanāni ca","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"guhāś ca vividhā ghorā nalinīḥ pārvatīś ca ha","q":null}],"tr":"We shall search the ocean, the mountains and the forests, the caves manifold and dreadful, the lotus-ponds, and the mountain streams.","w":[["samudraṃ ca","and the ocean"],["viceṣyāmaḥ","we shall search"],["parvatāṃś ca","and the 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