Chapter 103 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 103

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 103.16

सान्त्वयित्वा तु मां रामो रुदती जनकात्मजाम्। उवाच लक्ष्मणं तत्र दुःखितो दुःखितं वचः॥

sāntvayitvā tu māṃ rāmo rudatī janakātmajām| uvāca lakṣmaṇaṃ tatra duḥkhito duḥkhitaṃ vacaḥ||

English Meaning

Thereupon, pacifying the weeping daughter of Janaka, Rama moved with grief, spoke to the distressed Laksmana, saying.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)