Verse 58·VR 2.21.58

गुरुश्च राजा च पिता च वृद्धः | क्रोधात्प्रहर्ष द्यदि वापि कामात् | यद्व्यादिशेत् कार्यमवेक्ष्य धर्मम् | कस्तन्न कुर्यादनृदनृशंसवृत्तिः || २-२१-५८

gurushcha raajaa cha pitaa cha vR^iddhaH | krodhaatpraharshha dyadi vaapi kaamaat | yadvyaadishet kaaryamavekshya dharmam | kastanna kuryaadanR^idanR^isha.nsavR^ittiH || 2-21-58

Translation

"When father, who is venerable, a king and old-aged, commands an action either by anger or by extreme joy or by even desire, which right person will not perform it? Only a person who chooses to be cruel will not do it."

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Rama Consoles Angry Lakshmana

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