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)