ममापि दयितो रामो जीवितादपि लक्ष्मण। न चाहमेवं शोचामि मैवं त्वं बालिशो भव ॥
mamāpi dayito rāmo jīvitādapi lakṣmaṇa| na cāhamevaṃ śocāmi maivaṃ tvaṃ bāliśo bhava ||
English Meaning
O Lakşmaņa! Rāma is also dearer than my life, but I am not so sorry— do you not be therefore overwhelmed with grief.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)