Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 48, Shloka 8
अयोध्यायाः शोकवर्णनम्
Ayodhya’s Lament and Civic Desolation
एकः सत्पुरुषो लोके लक्ष्मण स्सह सीतया।योऽनुगच्छति काकुत्स्थं रामं परिचरन् वने।।2.48.8।।
ekaḥ satpuruṣo loke lakṣmaṇaḥ saha sītayā |
yo 'nugacchati kākutsthaṃ rāmaṃ paricaran vane ||2.48.8||
လက္ခမဏာရေ၊ လောက၌ စစ်မှန်သော သုခလည်းရ၊ သီလလည်းပြည့်သော စတ္ပုရုသ မဟာပုဂ္ဂိုလ်ဟူသည် တစ်ဦးတည်းသာရှိ၏။ ထိုသူမှာ စီတာနှင့်အတူ ကကုတ်သ္ထဝంశ၏ ရာမကို လိုက်လံ၍ တောတွင် ပူဇော်ပြုစုအမှုထမ်းသူပင် ဖြစ်သည်။
Lakshmana is the only fortunate person in the world who has followed Rama of the Kakutstha race along with Sita to serve them.
FAQs
Dharma is expressed as loyal service and solidarity with the righteous—even in hardship. Lakṣmaṇa’s choice models duty to family and to virtue over comfort.
The mourners in Ayodhyā praise Lakṣmaṇa as uniquely blessed because he accompanies Rāma into exile and serves him in the forest, along with Sītā.
Lakṣmaṇa’s devotion and self-sacrificing service (sevā, tyāga) are emphasized.