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[ Angry Lakshmana urges Rama to assume authority over the kingdom forcibly--Rama convinces Kausalya and Lakshmana to allow him to obey the command of his father.]

tathā tu vilapantīṅ tāṅ kausalyāṅ rāmamātaram.

uvāca lakṣmaṇō dīnastatkālasadṛśaṅ vacaḥ৷৷2.21.1৷৷

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lakṣmaṇaḥ Lakshmana, dīnaḥ miserable, tathā thus, vilapantīm lamenting, rāmamātaram Rama's mother, tāṅ kauśalyām to that Kausalya, tatkālasadṛśam befitting to the occasion, vacaḥ words, uvāca said.

While Rama's mother, Kausalya was lamenting, miserable Lakshmana said to her these words appropriate to the occasion: