लक्ष्मणोऽपि तदा वीरः कुर्वन्नवितथं वचः । भ्रातुर्ज्येष्ठस्य सुमतिः सरयूतीरमाययौ
lakṣmaṇo'pi tadā vīraḥ kurvannavitathaṃ vacaḥ | bhrāturjyeṣṭhasya sumatiḥ sarayūtīramāyayau
پھر لکشمن بھی—وہ بہادر اور نیک نیت—اپنے بڑے بھائی کے فرمان کو بے خطا ٹھہرا کر، سرَیو کے کنارے جا پہنچا۔
Agastya
Tirtha: Sarayū-tīra (Ayodhyā)
Type: ghat
Scene: Lakṣmaṇa departs from Ayodhyā toward the Sarayū ghats, resolute yet tender; the river glints ahead, suggesting purification and farewell.
Obedience to righteous command and preserving truth are upheld as forms of dharma, even when they lead to renunciation.
The Sarayū riverbank at Ayodhyā, a celebrated sacred landscape in the Ayodhyā Māhātmya.
The verse anticipates tīrtha-oriented acts (approaching the Sarayū); explicit rites appear in the following verses (snāna, dhyāna).