पुत्रजन्मोत्सवः — Birth of the Princes and Viśvāmitra’s Arrival
Bālakāṇḍa 18
सर्वप्रियकरस्तस्य रामस्यापि शरीरत:।।।।लक्ष्मणो लक्ष्मिसम्पन्नो बहि:प्राण इवापर:।
sarvapriyakaraḥ tasya rāmasyāpi śarīrataḥ ||
lakṣmaṇo lakṣmisaṁpanno bahiḥprāṇa ivāparaḥ ||
ព្រះលក្ខមណ៍—ពោរពេញដោយសិរីសម្បត្តិ—បានធ្វើអ្វីៗទាំងអស់ដែលព្រះរាមពេញព្រះហឫទ័យ សូម្បីលើសជាងការថែរក្សារូបកាយខ្លួនឯង; ព្រះองค์ដូចជាដង្ហើមជីវិតមួយទៀត ដែលស្ថិតនៅក្រៅព្រះរាម។
Lakshmana, possessed of fortune, was the dearest to his brother than his own body. As though he was his life without.
Selfless service: dharma can be expressed as placing another’s righteous good above one’s own comfort, without envy or calculation.
The narrator intensifies the description of Lakṣmaṇa’s closeness to Rāma, using the metaphor of an ‘outer life-breath’.
Self-effacing devotion and protective companionship.