Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 102, Shloka 11
लक्ष्मण-प्राणरक्षा:
Lakshmana’s Revival by the Herb-Mountain
विजयोऽपिहिमेशूर न प्रियायोपकल्पते ।अचक्षुर्विषयश्चन्द्रःकांप्रीतिंजनयिष्यति ।।।।
vijayo 'pi hi me śūra na priyāyopakalpate | acakṣurviṣayaś candraḥ kāṃ prītiṃ janayiṣyati ||
يا أيها البطل، إن النصر نفسه لا يبعث فيّ سرورًا. فأيّ بهجة يمنحها القمر لمن لم يعد في متناول بصره؟
'O Hero! Even victory for me will not give joy. What pleasure will one have if he desires to see the moon when he has lost vision?'
FAQs
Ends do not justify themselves apart from dharma and relationship: Rama rejects hollow triumph when it is severed from love, duty, and the wellbeing of the righteous.
Rama addresses Suṣeṇa after Lakṣmaṇa is struck, expressing that conquest is meaningless if Lakṣmaṇa is lost.
Loyalty and gratitude—valuing persons over outcomes.