Chapter 84 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 84

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 84.16

त्यजैनं नरशार्दूल मिथ्या संतापमागतम्॥ सीदते हि बलं सर्वं दृष्ट्वा त्वां शोककर्शितम्। इह त्वं स्वस्थहृदयस्तिष्ठ सत्वसमुच्छ्रितः।। लक्ष्मणं प्रेषयास्माभिः सह सैन्यानुकर्षिभिः॥

tyajainaṃ naraśārdūla mithyā saṃtāpamāgatam|| sīdate hi balaṃ sarvaṃ dṛṣṭvā tvāṃ śokakarśitam| iha tvaṃ svasthahṛdayastiṣṭha satvasamucchritaḥ|| lakṣmaṇaṃ preṣayāsmābhiḥ saha sainyānukarṣibhiḥ||

English Meaning

Seeing you smitten with grief, this entire host is dispirited. Here, with your heart composed, do your stay, summoning your strength. Send Lakşmañana along with us and the flower of the forces.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)