Chapter 30 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 30

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 30.31

लक्ष्मणश्चात्र धर्मात्मा मातङ्गानामिवर्षभः। यस्य बाणपथं प्राप्य न जीवेदपि वासवः॥

lakṣmaṇaścātra dharmātmā mātaṅgānāmivarṣabhaḥ| yasya bāṇapathaṃ prāpya na jīvedapi vāsavaḥ||

English Meaning

Here also is the virtuous Lakşmaņa, like to the foremost of elephants, coming in the way of whose shafts, even Vasava does not live.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)