Chapter 56 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 56

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 56.22

मृगं हत्वानय क्षिप्रं लक्ष्मणेह शुभेक्षण। कर्तव्यः शास्त्रदृष्टो हि विधिर्धर्ममनुस्मर॥

mṛgaṃ hatvānaya kṣipraṃ lakṣmaṇeha śubhekṣaṇa| kartavyaḥ śāstradṛṣṭo hi vidhirdharmamanusmara||

English Meaning

O Lakşmaņa graced with auspicious eyes, do you killing deer, swiftly bring it here. It behoves us to observe the rules prescribed by the scriptures. Do you follow the ordinance.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)