Chapter 38 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 38

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 38.37

भ्रातुरादेशमादाय लक्ष्मणो वा परंतपः। कस्य हेतोर्न मां वीरः परित्राति महाबलः॥

bhrāturādeśamādāya lakṣmaṇo vā paraṃtapaḥ| kasya hetorna māṃ vīraḥ paritrāti mahābalaḥ||

English Meaning

And why, taking the permission of his brother, that repressor of foes, the heroic Laks maņa gifted with great strength, dose not deliver me?

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)