Ayodhya Kanda 23.41
Valmiki Ramayanam (IIT Kanpur) · Ayodhya Kanda 23 · Verse 41
Sanskrit Original
विमृज्य बाष्पं परिसान्त्व्यचासकृत् स लक्ष्मणं राघववंशवर्धनः। उवाच पित्र्ये वचने व्यवस्थितं निबोध मामेष हि सौम्य सत्पथः।।
vimṛjya bāṣpaṅ parisāntvyacāsakṛt sa lakṣmaṇaṅ rāghavavaṅśavardhanaḥ. uvāca pitryē vacanē vyavasthitaṅ nibōdha māmēṣa hi saumya! satpathaḥ৷৷
Wiping the tears again and again and having consoled Lakshmana for more than once, Rama, the enhancer of the glory of the Raghu dynasty said, O handsome one know, for sure, that I am firm in abiding by the words of our father. This is the true path (for me). इत्यार्षे श्रीमद्रामायणे वाल्मीकीय आदिकाव्ये अयोध्याकाण्डे त्रयोविंशस्सर्गः।। Thus ends the twentythird sarga of Ayodhyakanda of the holy Ramayana, the first epic composed by sage Valmiki.