Chapter 44 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 44

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 44.4

वर्तते चोत्तमा वृत्तिं लक्ष्मणोऽस्मिन् सदानघः। दयावान् सर्वभूतेषु लाभस्तस्य महात्मनः॥

vartate cottamā vṛttiṃ lakṣmaṇo'smin sadānaghaḥ| dayāvān sarvabhūteṣu lābhastasya mahātmanaḥ||

English Meaning

That sinless one, Laksmana, kind to all creatures, will minister to Rāma in the best way possible, and this is to the advantage of that high-souled one.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)