यदि त्वार्यं न शक्ष्यामि विनिवर्तयितुं वनात्। वने तत्रैव वत्स्यामि यथार्यो लक्ष्मणस्तथा॥
yadi tvāryaṃ na śakṣyāmi vinivartayituṃ vanāt| vane tatraiva vatsyāmi yathāryo lakṣmaṇastathā||
English Meaning
If I fail to bring back the noble one from the forest, I will like the exalted Lakşmaņa remain even in that forest.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)