Chapter 53 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 53

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 53.3

जागर्तव्यमतन्द्रिभ्यामद्यप्रभृति रात्रिषु। योगक्षेमौ हि सीताया वर्तेते लक्ष्मणावयोः॥

jāgartavyamatandribhyāmadyaprabhṛti rātriṣu| yogakṣemau hi sītāyā vartete lakṣmaṇāvayoḥ||

English Meaning

From to night forth, we shall have to guard her vigilantly, for, O Laksmana, the preservation of what she has as well as the securing to her of what she has not, rests with us.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)