उपकारेण वीरस्तु प्रतिकारेण युज्यते। अकृतज्ञोऽप्रतिकृतो हन्ति सत्त्ववतां मनः॥ तदेव युक्तं प्रणिधाय लक्ष्मणः कृताञ्जलिस्तत् प्रतिपूज्य भाषितम्। उवाच रामं स्वभिरामदर्शनं प्रदर्शयन् दर्शनमात्मनः शुभम्॥
upakāreṇa vīrastu pratikāreṇa yujyate| akṛtajño'pratikṛto hanti sattvavatāṃ manaḥ|| tadeva yuktaṃ praṇidhāya lakṣmaṇaḥ kṛtāñjalistat pratipūjya bhāṣitam| uvāca rāmaṃ svabhirāmadarśanaṃ pradarśayan darśanamātmanaḥ śubham||
English Meaning
Heroes receiving favours always return them; the ungrateful lose the friendship of the welcoming them therefore, Laksmana, with folded hands, spoke to Rāma of graceful appearance, displaying his own intelligence,
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)