अथ पद्मपलाशाक्षीं मैथिलीमनु चिन्तयन्। उवाच लक्ष्मणं रामो मुखेन परिशुष्यता॥
atha padmapalāśākṣīṃ maithilīmanu cintayan| uvāca lakṣmaṇaṃ rāmo mukhena pariśuṣyatā||
English Meaning
Thereupon thinking of Maithelee, having eyes resembling lotus-petals, Rāma spoke to Laks mana with dried countenance.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)