Chapter 15 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 15

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 15.20

भावज्ञेन कृतज्ञेन धर्मज्ञेन च लक्ष्मण। त्वया पुत्रेण धर्मात्मा स संवृतः पिता मम ॥

bhāvajñena kṛtajñena dharmajñena ca lakṣmaṇa| tvayā putreṇa dharmātmā sa saṃvṛtaḥ pitā mama ||

English Meaning

While you, his son skilled in reading thought, grateful, and cognizant of righteousness are alive, O Laksmana, my father is not dead.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)