Chapter 46 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 46

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 46.17

उत्थाय च महातेजाः प्रकृतीस्ता निशाम्य च। अब्रवीद् भ्रातरं रामो लक्ष्मणं पुण्यलक्षणम्॥

utthāya ca mahātejāḥ prakṛtīstā niśāmya ca| abravīd bhrātaraṃ rāmo lakṣmaṇaṃ puṇyalakṣaṇam||

English Meaning

Rising (from his bed), that highly energetic one, Rāma, viewing the subjects (asleep), addressed his brother Lakşmana graced with auspicious marks.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)