Chapter 1 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 1.10

न्यस्तदण्डा वयं राजञ्जितक्रोधा जितेन्द्रियाः। रक्षणीयास्त्वया शश्वद् गर्भभूतास्तपोधनाः॥

nyastadaṇḍā vayaṃ rājañjitakrodhā jitendriyāḥ| rakṣaṇīyāstvayā śaśvad garbhabhūtāstapodhanāḥ||

English Meaning

We have renounced chastising others; and, O monarch, we have conquered our anger, and subdued our passions. Therefore, even as a child in its mother's womb (should be protected by her), should we be protected by you."

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)