Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 21: Rāma Consoles Kausalyā and Lakṣmaṇa
Text 2.21.50
त्वया मया च वैदेह्या लक्ष्मणेन सुमित्रया।
पितुर्नियोगे स्थातव्यमेष धर्मः सनातनः॥
tvayā mayā ca vaidehyā lakṣmaṇena sumitrayā
pitur niyoge sthātavyam eṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ
tvayā = you; mayā = I; ca = and; vaidehyā = Vaidehī; lakṣmaṇena = Lakṣmaṇa; sumitrayā = Sumitrā-devī; pituḥ = My father’s; niyoge sthātavyam = should be obedient to instructions; eṣaḥ = this; dharmaḥ = dharma; sanātanaḥ = is our eternal.
I, you, Vaidehī, Lakṣmaṇa and Sumitrā-devī should be obedient to My father’s instructions. This is our eternal dharma.