Chapter 78 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 78

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 78.3

बलवान् वीर्यसम्पन्नो लक्ष्मणो नाम योऽप्यसौ। किं न मोचयते रामं कृत्वापि पितृनिग्रहम्॥

balavān vīryasampanno lakṣmaṇo nāma yo'pyasau| kiṃ na mocayate rāmaṃ kṛtvāpi pitṛnigraham||

English Meaning

And powerful and having prowess, why did not Laksmana deliver Rāma by checking our father?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)