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Shloka 3.64.49

गोदावरीतटे सीतान्वेषणम् — The Search for Sītā at the Godāvarī

शरावरौ शरैः पूर्णौ विध्वस्तौ पश्य लक्ष्मण।प्रतोदाभीशुहस्तो वै कस्यायं सारथिर्हतः।।।।

śarāvarau śaraiḥ pūrṇau vidhvastau paśya lakṣmaṇa | pratodābhīśuhasto vai kasyāyaṃ sārathir hataḥ ||

See, Lakṣmaṇa—two quivers filled with arrows lie smashed. And here is a charioteer slain, still clutching whip and reins. Whose men were these?

O Lakshmana ! look at these two quivers filled with arrows and lying shattered. The charioteer is holding a whip and reins in his hands and is lying dead. To whom do they belong?

R
Rāma
L
Lakṣmaṇa
Ś
śarāvara (quivers)
Ś
śara/bāṇa (arrows)
S
sārathi (charioteer)
P
pratoda (whip)
A
abhīśu (reins)

Dharma includes compassion and accountability: the slain attendants are noticed, and the scene is read as a moral and factual clue, not ignored.

Rāma points out wrecked quivers and a dead charioteer, indicating a major confrontation has occurred.

Attentiveness to detail and empathetic awareness amid crisis.