Shloka 6.102.47
लक्ष्मण-प्राणरक्षा: (Lakshmana’s Revival by the Herb-Mountain)
नजीवन्यास्यतेशत्रुस्तवबाणपथंगतः ।।।।नर्दतस्तीक्षणदंष्ट्रस्यसिंहस्येवमहागजः ।
avasīdanti gātrāṇi svapnayāne nṛṇām iva |
cintām evartate tīvrā mumūrṣāpi ca jāyate ||
My limbs give way, as though I were moving in a dream; fierce anxiety alone surges within me, and even the wish to die arises.
" A victim of your arrow can not be alive just as an elephant fallen into the clutch of a roaring lion with sharp teeth is not possible to live."
The verse exposes the moral cost of violence and loss: dharma is not performed without inner suffering; righteous action still encounters grief.
Rāma reacts physically and mentally to Lakṣmaṇa’s condition, describing dreamlike weakness and overpowering distress.
Depth of love and empathy—Rāma’s bond with Lakṣmaṇa is so strong that it destabilizes him.