व्रीडितं लक्ष्मणं दृष्ट्वा राघवः प्रत्युवाच ह। एष मन्ये महाबाहुरिहास्मान् द्रष्टुमागतः॥ अथवा नौ ध्रुवं मन्ये मन्यमानः सुखोचितौ। वनवासमनुध्याय गृहाय प्रतिनेष्यति॥
vrīḍitaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā rāghavaḥ pratyuvāca ha| eṣa manye mahābāhurihāsmān draṣṭumāgataḥ|| athavā nau dhruvaṃ manye manyamānaḥ sukhocitau| vanavāsamanudhyāya gṛhāya pratineṣyati||
English Meaning
And finding Lakşmaņa overcome with shame, Rāghava replied, I think that mighty-armed one has come hither to see us; or I take it for certain that, considering that we are fit for ease only, and taking our banishment to heart, he will take us home.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)