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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.91.9

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 91: Rāma restrains Lakṣmaṇa. He rejects suspicion of Bharata and shames his brother’s anger, Bharata spreads the camp around the mountain to avoid crowding the hermitage

In the sequence: Lakṣmaṇa becomes ashamed

2.91.9

tathokto dharmaśīlena bhrātrā tasya hite rataḥ
lakṣmaṇaḥ praviveśeva svāni gātrāṇi lajjayā

So addressed by his brother of righteous nature, Lakṣmaṇa, devoted to Rāma's welfare, seemed to shrink into his own limbs from shame.

Words: tathokto — thus addressed; dharmaśīlena — of righteous nature; bhrātrā — by his brother; tasya hite rataḥ — devoted to his welfare; lakṣmaṇaḥ — Lakṣmaṇa; praviveśeva — as if entered, shrank; svāni gātrāṇi — into his own limbs; lajjayā — from shame

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.