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Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 53 Shloka 10

Valmiki Ramayana Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 53 Shloka 10

Original Shloka
को ह्यविद्वानपि पुमान् प्रमदायाः कृते त्यजेत्। छन्दानुवर्तिनं पुत्रं तातो मामिव लक्ष्मण।।2.53.10।।
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English Translation

लक्ष्मण O Lakshmana, तातः father, मामिव as in my case, प्रमदायाः कृते for the sake of a woman, छन्दानुवर्तिनम् obedient, पुत्रम् son, अविद्वानपि even an illiterate man, कः पुमान् who is the man, त्यजेत् will abandon?

English Commentary

O Lakshmana, will even an illiterate man for the sake of a woman ever abandon his son like me who is faithful and obedient, as did my father?