O Lakşmaņa, while virtue did not protect Janakī being devoured or taken away by stealth, what person else gifted with heavenly power, on this earth shall bring about my well-being?
भक्षितायां हि वैदेह्यां हृतायामपि लक्ष्मण। के हि लोके प्रियं कर्तुं शक्तः सौम्य ममेश्वराः॥