Valmiki Ramayana 2.116.6: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 116, Shloka 6
तपस्विनाम् औत्सुक्यं राक्षसत्रासश्च
Ascetics’ Anxiety and the Fear of Rakshasas
प्रमादाच्चरितं कच्चित्किञ्चिन्नावरजस्य मे ।
लक्ष्मणस्यर्षिभिदृष्टं नानुरूपमिवात्मनः ॥६॥
pramādāc caritaṃ kaccit kiñcin nāvarajasya me |
lakṣmaṇasya ṛṣibhir dṛṣṭaṃ nānurūpam ivātmanaḥ ||6||
«ឬក៏ប្អូនប្រុសខ្ញុំ ព្រះលក្ខ្មណៈ ដោយការធ្វេសប្រហែស បានធ្វើអ្វីមួយដែលព្រះឥសីទាំងឡាយឃើញថាមិនសមរម្យនឹងព្រះអង្គទេ?»
Have the sages found my younger brother Lakshmana doing something unbecoming of him through inadvertence?
FAQs
Dharma includes responsibility for one’s companions: Rāma considers whether anyone close to him has violated āśrama norms, since group conduct affects communal trust.
Rāma tries to identify the cause of the sages’ unease and asks whether Lakṣmaṇa may have inadvertently acted improperly.
Rāma’s conscientious leadership—he does not excuse his party, and he seeks accountability without hostility.
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