When mounted on horse-back, Rāghava went a-hunting, Lakṣmaṇa went at his back bow in hand, protecting him. And that younger brother of Laksmana, Satrughna, likewise became ever dearer to Bharata than life itself.
यदा हि हयमारूढो मृगयां याति राघवः॥ अथैनं पृष्ठतोऽभ्येति सधनुः परिपालयन्। भरतस्यापि शत्रुघ्नो लक्ष्मणावरजो हि सः॥ प्राणैः प्रियतरो नित्यं तस्य चासीत् तथा प्रियः।