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 ||
اے بے گناہ! میرے سبب تمہیں نااُمیدی میں پڑنا زیب نہیں دیتا؛ آج راؤَن کو قتل کر کے اپنی قسم کو پورا کرو۔
'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.