Chapter 86 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 86

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 86.2

तं जाग्रतं गुणैर्युक्तं वरचापेषु धारिणम्। भ्रातृगुप्त्यर्थमत्यन्तमहं लक्ष्मणमब्रुवम्॥

taṃ jāgrataṃ guṇairyuktaṃ varacāpeṣu dhāriṇam| bhrātṛguptyarthamatyantamahaṃ lakṣmaṇamabruvam||

English Meaning

To Lakşmaņa crowned with every virtue, waking up, holding the bow with the arrow fixed on it for the purpose of guarding well his brother.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)