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)