Shloka 6.45.26
इन्द्रजितः अन्तर्धानयुद्धं — Indrajit’s Concealed Assault and the Fall of Rama and Lakshmana
रामंकमलपत्राक्षंशरबन्धपरिक्षतम् ।।6.45.26।।शुशोचभ्रातरंदृष्टवापतितंधरणीतले ।
rāmaṃ kamalapatrākṣaṃ śarabandhaparikṣatam |
śuśoca bhrātaraṃ dṛṣṭvā patitaṃ dharaṇītale ||6.45.26||
Beholding his brother Rāma—lotus-petalled-eyed—wounded by the bondage of arrows and fallen upon the earth, Lakṣmaṇa grieved deeply.
Lakshmana grieved seeing his elder brother Rama pierced by arrows, pained, and fallen on the ground.
The verse foregrounds dharma as compassionate fidelity: grief is not weakness but a truthful response (satya to emotion) that coexists with duty—love strengthens the resolve to protect the righteous.
Lakṣmaṇa sees Rāma on the ground, bound as it were by arrows, and mourns.
Karunā (compassion) joined with steadfast loyalty: Lakṣmaṇa’s sorrow reflects deep ethical attachment to his brother and to the dharmic cause they serve.