वृक्षाग्रादवरोह त्वं कुरु लक्ष्मण मद्वचः। इतीव रामो धर्मात्मा सौमित्रिं तमुवाच ह॥ अवतीर्य तु सालाग्रात् तस्मात् स समितिंजयः। लक्ष्मणः प्राञ्जलिर्भूत्वा तस्थौ रामस्य पार्श्वतः॥
vṛkṣāgrādavaroha tvaṃ kuru lakṣmaṇa madvacaḥ| itīva rāmo dharmātmā saumitriṃ tamuvāca ha|| avatīrya tu sālāgrāt tasmāt sa samitiṃjayaḥ| lakṣmaṇaḥ prāñjalirbhūtvā tasthau rāmasya pārśvataḥ||
English Meaning
Do you descend from the top of the tree, O Laksmana. Do my bidding. Thus did the righteous Rāma accosts Sumitra's Descending from the top of the Sāla tree, that conqueror in battles, Lakşmaņa, stood by Rāma with joined hands. son.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)