नैव पञ्चत्वमापन्नो लक्ष्मणो लक्ष्मिवर्धनः॥ नह्यस्य विकृतं वक्रं न च श्यामत्वमागतम्। सुप्रभं च प्रसन्नं च मुखमस्य निरीक्ष्यताम्॥
naiva pañcatvamāpanno lakṣmaṇo lakṣmivardhanaḥ|| nahyasya vikṛtaṃ vakraṃ na ca śyāmatvamāgatam| suprabhaṃ ca prasannaṃ ca mukhamasya nirīkṣyatām||
English Meaning
Lakşmaņa enhancer of auspiciousness is not dead. His face is not distorted or blackened. Do you look at his countenance, which is beautifully bright and cheerful.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)