Chapter 43 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 43

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 43.42

प्रदक्षिणेनातिबलेन पक्षिणा जटायुषा बुद्धिमता च लक्ष्मण। भवाप्रमत्तः प्रतिगृह्य मैथिली प्रतिक्षणं सर्वत एव शङ्कितः॥

pradakṣiṇenātibalena pakṣiṇā jaṭāyuṣā buddhimatā ca lakṣmaṇa| bhavāpramattaḥ pratigṛhya maithilī pratikṣaṇaṃ sarvata eva śaṅkitaḥ||

English Meaning

Do you stay here, O Lakşmaņa, with Jānakī in constant fear and vigilance, along with the mighty Jațāyu, intelligent and ever engaged in pious offices.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)