Chapter 42 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 42.16

जानकीरक्षणार्थं वा श्रमाद् वा नोपलक्ष्यते। अथवा कः श्रमस्तस्य सैव तेनाभिरक्षिता॥

jānakīrakṣaṇārthaṃ vā śramād vā nopalakṣyate| athavā kaḥ śramastasya saiva tenābhirakṣitā||

English Meaning

Whether for preserving Jānakī, or from fatigue—it dose not appear. But what is his fatigue? She it is that has been preserved by him.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)