Shloka 15
मारीचवधोत्तरं रामस्य शङ्का-निमित्त-दर्शनं लक्ष्मण-निग्रहश्च
After Maricha’s Slaying: Omens, Anxiety, and Rama’s Rebuke of Lakshmana
ततो लक्ष्मणमायान्तं ददर्श विगतप्रभम्।ततोऽविदूरे रामेण समीयाय स लक्ष्मणः।।।।विषण्णस्सुविषण्णेन दुःखितो दुःखभागिना।
tato lakṣmaṇam āyāntaṃ dadarśa vigataprabham |
tato 'vidūre rāmeṇa samīyāya sa lakṣmaṇaḥ ||
viṣaṇṇaḥ suviṣaṇṇena duḥkhito duḥkhabhāginā ||
তারপর তিনি লক্ষ্মণকে আসতে দেখলেন—তাঁর দীপ্তি ম্লান। অল্প দূরেই লক্ষ্মণ রামের কাছে এসে পৌঁছালেন। লক্ষ্মণ নিজে শোকাকুল, আর রামকেও দেখলেন গভীর বিষণ্ণ—দুঃখের সহভাগী।
Rama arrived at Janasthana thinking (of the safety) of charming Sita and mighty Lakshmana.
FAQs
Dharma recognizes shared burden: in crisis, close kin stand together, bearing sorrow jointly rather than abandoning one another.
Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa meet; both show signs of distress, foreshadowing Sītā’s peril.
Fraternal solidarity: despite fear and grief, the brothers converge and face the situation together.