Valmiki Ramayana Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 97 Shloka 16
Original Shlokaकथं नु पुत्राः पितरं हन्युः कस्यां चिदापदि। भ्राता वा भ्रातरं हन्यात्सौमित्रे प्राणमात्मनः।।2.97.16।।
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English Translation
सौमित्रे O Lakshmana, कस्यां चित् आपदि in whatever calamity, पुत्र: son, पितरम् father, कथं नु how, हन्युः can slay, भ्राता वा or a brother, आत्मनः as his own, प्राणम् life, भ्रातरम् his own brother, हन्यात् will kill?
English Commentary
Whatever be the calamity, O Lakshmana, how will sons slay their father, or a brother kill his own brother who is as dear to him as his own life?