Chapter 16 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 16

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 16.26

निकेतानिर्ययौ श्रीमान् महाभ्रादिव चन्द्रमाः। चित्रचामरपाणिस्तु लक्ष्मणो राघवानुजः॥ जुगोप भ्रातरं भ्राता रथमास्थाय पृष्ठतः।

niketāniryayau śrīmān mahābhrādiva candramāḥ| citracāmarapāṇistu lakṣmaṇo rāghavānujaḥ|| jugopa bhrātaraṃ bhrātā rathamāsthāya pṛṣṭhataḥ|

English Meaning

Lakşmaņa, the younger brother of Rāghava, standing behind him on the car with a splendid Chowry in his hand, began to guard his body.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)