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)