Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 58, Shloka 26
अष्टपञ्चाशः सर्गः (Sarga 58)
Daśaratha Questions Sumantra; Messages from the Forest Threshold
लक्ष्मणस्तु सुसङ्कृद्धो निश्श्वसन्वाक्यमब्रवीत्।केनायमपराधेन राजपुत्रो विवासितः।।।।
lakṣmaṇas tu susaṅkṛddho niśśvasan vākyam abravīt | kenāyam aparādhena rājaputro vivāsitaḥ ||
কিন্তু লক্ষ্মণ অতি ক্ৰুদ্ধ হৈ, জোৰে জোৰে নিশ্বাস লৈ ক’লে: “কোন অপৰাধৰ বাবে এই ৰাজপুত্ৰক বনবাসলৈ নিৰ্বাসিত কৰা হ’ল?”
But Lakshmana, seething with anger and sighing said, 'For what offence has this king's son been banished'?
FAQs
A demand for moral accountability: punishment (exile) must correspond to a real offence; otherwise it violates justice.
Lakṣmaṇa reacts to Rāma’s banishment with anger, questioning the legitimacy of the decision.
Protective loyalty and a strong sense of justice—Lakṣmaṇa cannot accept suffering without cause.