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)