Chapter 87 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 87

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 87.20

शरैः सुपूर्णाविषुधी परंतपः। महद्धनुः सज्जमुपोह्य लक्ष्मणो निशामतिष्ठत् परितोऽस्य केवलम्॥

śaraiḥ supūrṇāviṣudhī paraṃtapaḥ| mahaddhanuḥ sajjamupohya lakṣmaṇo niśāmatiṣṭhat parito'sya kevalam||

English Meaning

Fastening on his back a pair of quivers filled with arrows furnished with finger-fences, and taking his mighty bow, Lakşmaņa all night kept watch around.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)