Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 96: Lakṣmaṇa Notices Bharata’s Army
Text 2.96.21
गृहीतधनुषौ चावां गिरिं वीर श्रयावहै।
अथ वेहैव तिष्ठावः सन्नद्धावुद्यतायुधौ॥
gṛhīta-dhanuṣau cāvāṁ giriṁ vīra śrayāvahai
atha vehaiva tiṣṭhāvaḥ sannaddhāv udyatāyudhau
gṛhīta-dhanuṣau = taking up Our bows; ca āvām = Us; girim = to the mountain; vīra = O hero; śrayāvahai = let go; athavā = or else; iha eva tiṣṭhāvaḥ = let Us be here; sannaddhau = in preparation [for war]; udyata-āyudhau = taking up Our weapons.
Taking up Our bows, let us go to the mountain, O hero! Or else, let Us be here, taking up Our weapons in preparation [for war].
[Lakṣmaṇa wanted that He and Rāma] should go to the mountain to fight in war while staying in an inaccessible spot.