Chapter 52 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 52

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 52.69

आचम्य च यथाशास्त्रं नदी तां सह सीतया। प्रणमत्प्रीतिसंतुष्टो लक्ष्मणश्च महारथः।७९।।

ācamya ca yathāśāstraṃ nadī tāṃ saha sītayā| praṇamatprītisaṃtuṣṭo lakṣmaṇaśca mahārathaḥ|79||

English Meaning

Then that mighty car-warrior, Laksmana, sipping water from the river as laid down in the scriptures, bowed down to it along with Sītā in gladness of heart.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)