Chapter 21 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 21.53

अहं हि ते लक्ष्मण नित्यमेव जानामि भक्तिं च पराक्रमं च। मम त्वभिप्रायमसंनिरीक्ष्य मात्रा सहाभ्यर्दसिमा सुदुःखम्।५६।।

ahaṃ hi te lakṣmaṇa nityameva jānāmi bhaktiṃ ca parākramaṃ ca| mama tvabhiprāyamasaṃnirīkṣya mātrā sahābhyardasimā suduḥkham|56||

English Meaning

I know, Oh Laksmana, your deep respects to me and your power. It is not proper for you to pain me along with my mother, not being cognizant of my intention.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)