Valmiki Ramayana 2.86.13 — 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 ||
ఇతడు ప్రవ్రాజితుడైన వెంటనే రాజు ఎక్కువకాలం నిలువడు; నిశ్చయంగా భూమి త్వరలోనే విధవ అవుతుంది।
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.
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