स शुश्रुवान्मातरि भार्गवेण
पितुर्नियोगात्प्रहृतं द्विषद्वत् ।
प्रत्यगृहीदग्रजशासनं तत्
आज्ञा गुरूणां ह्यविचारणीया ।
sa śuśruvān mātari bhārgaveṇa
pitur niyogāt prahṛtaṁ dviṣadvat |
pratyagṛhīd agraja-śāsanaṁ tat
ājñā gurūṇāṁ hy avicāraṇīyā |
(Raghu-vaṁśa: 14.46; cited in Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.10.145)
“Hearing that at his father’s direction Paraśurāma struck his mother like an enemy, he [i.e., Lakṣmaṇa] accepted the command of his elder brother [i.e., Rāma], since the order of elders is not to be deliberated upon.”