His half-brother named Lakşmaņa is of mighty prowess. That best of men is Rāma's help and the destroyer of foes in battle. That brother of his named Lakşmaņa is of firm resolution and given to asceticism.
तस्य भ्राता तु वैमात्रो लक्ष्मणो नाम वीर्यवान्॥ रामस्य पुरुषव्याघ्रः सहायः समरेऽरिहा। स भ्राता लक्ष्मणो नाम ब्रह्मचारी दृढव्रतः॥