Chapter 32 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 32

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 32.1

ततः शासनमाज्ञाय भ्रातुः प्रियकरं हितम्। गत्वा स प्रविवेशासु सुयज्ञस्य निवेशनम्॥ तं विप्रमग्न्यगारस्थं वन्दित्वा लक्ष्मणोऽब्रवीत्। सखेऽभ्यागच्छ पश्यत्वं वेश्म दुष्करकारिणः॥

tataḥ śāsanamājñāya bhrātuḥ priyakaraṃ hitam| gatvā sa praviveśāsu suyajñasya niveśanam|| taṃ vipramagnyagārasthaṃ vanditvā lakṣmaṇo'bravīt| sakhe'bhyāgaccha paśyatvaṃ veśma duṣkarakāriṇaḥ||

English Meaning

Receiving this pleasant and beneficial mandate of his brother, Lakşmaņa speedily went to the abode of Sujajña, and finding thai vipra in the chamber where the sacrificial fire was maintained, worshipped him and addressed him, saying; "friend, come and behold the abode of that one of arduous deeds(Răma) renouncing his incoming installation.”

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)