Valmiki Ramayana 2.22.5: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 22, Shloka 5
अभिषेक-निवृत्ति-उपदेशः
Withdrawal of the Coronation: Rama’s Counsel to Lakshmana
सौमित्रे योऽभिषेकार्थे मम सम्भार सम्भ्रमः ।
अभिषेकनिवृत्त्यर्थे सोऽस्तु संभारसम्भ्रमः ॥५॥
saumitre yo ’bhiṣekārthe mama sambhāra-sambhramaḥ |
abhiṣeka-nivṛttyarthe so ’stu sambhāra-sambhramaḥ ||5||
О Саумитра, пусть тот же пыл, с которым готовили моё коронование, будет обращён теперь на прекращение этих приготовлений.
O Lakshmana! the same enthusiasm with which preparations for my consecration were made be shown for the cessation of those arrangements.
FAQs
Dharma is consistency in right action: the same diligence used for gaining power must be used to relinquish it when duty requires.
Rāma instructs Lakṣmaṇa to redirect the palace’s coronation energy toward orderly cancellation.
Samatā (even-mindedness) and disciplined resolve—Rāma treats ascent and withdrawal with equal seriousness.
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