Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 102, Shloka 46
लक्ष्मण-प्राणरक्षा:
Lakshmana’s Revival by the Herb-Mountain
नैराश्यमुपगन्तुं च नालंतेमत्कृतेऽनघ ।।।।वधेनरावणस्याद्यप्रतिज्ञामनुपालय ।
nairāśyam upagantuṃ ca nālaṃ te matkṛte 'nagha |
vadhena rāvaṇasyādya pratijñām anupālaya ||
ಅನಘನೇ, ನನ್ನ ಕಾರಣದಿಂದ ನೀನು ನಿರಾಶೆಗೆ ಒಳಗಾಗುವುದು ಯುಕ್ತವಲ್ಲ; ಇಂದು ರಾವಣನನ್ನು ವಧಿಸಿ ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರತಿಜ್ಞೆಯನ್ನು ಪಾಲಿಸು.
'My heroism is shy, my bow slips from my hand, arrows are dropping, my vision is blurred with tears with my brother gone.'
FAQs
A leader must not abandon righteous duty due to personal sorrow; dharma requires steadiness, and satya requires completing what was vowed.
An ally urges Rāma not to despair and to complete the central war-duty: the destruction of Rāvaṇa.
Fortitude (dhṛti): the ability to rise above grief and act according to pledged duty.