Chapter 51 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 51

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 51.1

तं जाग्रतमदम्भेन भ्रातुराय लक्ष्मणम्। गुहः संतापसंतप्तो राघवं वाक्यमब्रवीत्॥

taṃ jāgratamadambhena bhrāturāya lakṣmaṇam| guhaḥ saṃtāpasaṃtapto rāghavaṃ vākyamabravīt||

English Meaning

As for the purpose of protecting his brother, Lakṣmaṇa was watching him out of sincere affection, Guha burning in grief addressed that descendant of Raghu, saying.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)