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न जन्म नूनं महतो न सौभगं न वाङ्न बुद्धिर्नाकृतिस्तोषहेतुः ।
तैर्यद्विसृष्टानपि नो वनौकसश् चकार सख्ये बत लक्ष्मणाग्रजः ॥ ७ ॥
 
na janma nunam mahato na saubhagam
na vaṅ na buddhir nakrtis tosa-hetuh
tair yad visrstan api no vanaukasas
cakara sakhye bata laksmanagrajah
na-not; janma-birth in a very polished, aristocratic family; nunam-indeed; mahatah-of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; na-nor; saubhagam-great fortune; na-nor; vak-an elegant manner of speaking; na-nor; buddhih-sharpness of intelligence; na-not; akrtih-features of the body; tosa-hetuh-the cause of pleasure to the Lord; taih-by all those above-mentioned qualities; yat-because; visrstan-rejected; api-although; nah-us; vana-okasah-the inhabitants of the forest; cakara-accepted; sakhye-in friendship; bata-alas; laksmana-agra-jah-Lord Sri Ramacandra, the elder brother of Laksmana.