Ayodhyā
Śatrughna
Son of Sumitrā, twin of Lakṣmaṇa. Bharata's constant companion, and the brother who is given the Lavaṇa campaign in Uttara Kāṇḍa.
Ayodhyā KāṇḍaVālmīki (primary text)In the text
Śatrughna is the youngest of Daśaratha's four sons. Vālmīki says he grew up attached to Bharata, as Lakṣmaṇa was to Rāma, and he travels to Kekaya and back with him. His one campaign comes late, in Uttara Kāṇḍa, whose place in the original poem is debated: Rāma sends him against the rākṣasa Lavaṇa.
Primary text: Śrīmad Vālmīkīya Rāmāyaṇa, Gita Press, Gorakhpur. Later traditions and living-tradition associations are labelled as such. Return to the Rāmāyaṇa World.