Chapter 36 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 36

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 36.11

त्वां तु नि:संशयं सीता दृष्ट्वा तु मृगरूपिणम्। गृह्यतामिति भर्तारं लक्ष्मणं चाभिधास्यति ॥

tvāṃ tu ni:saṃśayaṃ sītā dṛṣṭvā tu mṛgarūpiṇam| gṛhyatāmiti bhartāraṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ cābhidhāsyati ||

English Meaning

Seeing you helpless, in the shape of a deer, Sītā will say to her lord and Lakşmaņa also, Do you catch it.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)