Chapter 14 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 14

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 14.28

सोऽहं वाससहायस्ते भविष्यामि यदीच्छसि। सीतां च तात रक्षिष्ये त्वयि याते सलक्ष्मणे॥

so'haṃ vāsasahāyaste bhaviṣyāmi yadīcchasi| sītāṃ ca tāta rakṣiṣye tvayi yāte salakṣmaṇe||

English Meaning

If you will, I shall become your help during your abode (in the woods). And, O child, I shall protect Sītā when you shall go out along with Laksimana.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)