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Sundara Kanda Sarga 26 Shloka 39
Original Shloka
नाजानाज्जीवतीं रामस्स मां लक्ष्मणपूर्वजः।।5.26.39।। जानन्तौ तौ न कुर्यातां नोर्य्वां हि मम मार्गणम्।
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset

English Translation

लक्ष्मणपूर्वजः elder brother of Lakshmana, सः रामः that Rama, माम् me, जीवतीम् living, नाजानात् he is not aware तौ both of them, जानन्तौ if they had known, मम my, मार्गणम् search, उर्व्याम् on earth, न कुर्याताम् इति न not undertake.

English Commentary

"Neither Lakshmana nor his elder brother knows that I am here alive. (Had they known) both of them would have ransacked this earth.