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)