Chapter 52 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 52

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 52.60

लक्ष्मणस्यात्मनश्चैव रामस्तेनाकरोज्जटाः। दीर्घबाहुर्नरव्याघ्रो जटिलत्वमधारयत्॥ तौ तदा चीरसम्पन्नौ जटामण्डलधारिणौ। अशोभेतामृषिसमौ भ्रातरौ रामलक्ष्मणौ॥

lakṣmaṇasyātmanaścaiva rāmastenākarojjaṭāḥ| dīrghabāhurnaravyāghro jaṭilatvamadhārayat|| tau tadā cīrasampannau jaṭāmaṇḍaladhāriṇau| aśobhetāmṛṣisamau bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau||

English Meaning

And that mighty-armed chief of men wore matted locks. And those brothers Rāma and Lakş maņa dressed as mendicants, and wearing heads of matted hair, appeared like saints.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)