Chapter 31 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 31

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 31.27

तमुवाचात्मवान् रामः प्रीत्या लक्ष्मणमागतम्। काले त्वमागतः सौम्य कासिते मम लक्ष्मण॥

tamuvācātmavān rāmaḥ prītyā lakṣmaṇamāgatam| kāle tvamāgataḥ saumya kāsite mama lakṣmaṇa||

English Meaning

Seeing Laksmana arrive there, Rama, having control over his ownself, greatly pleased, spoke to him the following words. "You have arrived, O Laksmana, just when I wanted you."

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)