Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 86, Shloka 13
लक्ष्मणगुणवर्णनम्
Lakshmana’s Vigil and Guha’s Testimony
अस्मिन्प्रव्राजिते राजा न चिरं वर्तयिष्यति।विधवा मेदिनी नूनं क्षिप्रमेव भविष्यति।।।।
asmin pravrājite rājā na ciraṃ vartayiṣyati | vidhavā medinī nūnaṃ kṣipram eva bhaviṣyati ||
ເມື່ອພຣະອົງຖືກນິລະເທດ ພຣະຣາຊາຈະບໍ່ດຳລົງພຣະຊົນມ໌ໄດ້ດົນ; ແຜ່ນດິນນີ້ຈະເປັນໝ້າຍໃນໄວໆນີ້ແນ່ນອນ
After Rama is exiled, king Dasaratha will not survive for long and surely the earth will soon be widowed.
FAQs
Dharma is the king’s life bound to righteous order: Lakṣmaṇa implies that removing Rāma (the dhārmic heir) destabilizes the moral center of the kingdom.
Lakṣmaṇa voices a grim prediction to Guha that Daśaratha will die soon after Rāma’s banishment.
Lakṣmaṇa’s truthfulness and moral sensitivity—he recognizes the catastrophic ethical cost of unjust exile.