Chapter 40 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 40

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 40.4

तं वन्दमानं रुदती माता सौमित्रिमब्रवीत्। हितकामा महाबाहुं मूर्युपाघ्राय लक्ष्मणम्॥

taṃ vandamānaṃ rudatī mātā saumitrimabravīt| hitakāmā mahābāhuṃ mūryupāghrāya lakṣmaṇam||

English Meaning

As the son of Sumitrā was thus engaged in honouring his mother, his mother smelling the crown of his head, thus spoke to the mightyarmed Laksmana.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)