Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 21: Rāma Consoles Kausalyā and Lakṣmaṇa
Text 2.21.57
अहं हि ते लक्ष्मण नित्यमेव जानामि भक्तिं च पराक्रमं च।
मम त्वभिप्रायमसन्निरीक्ष्य मात्रा सहाभ्यर्दसि मां सुदुःखम्॥
ahaṁ hi te lakṣmaṇa nityam eva
jānāmi bhaktiṁ ca parākramaṁ ca
mama tv abhiprāyam asannirīkṣya
mātrā sahābhyardasi māṁ suduḥkham
aham hi = I; te = Your; lakṣmaṇa = Lakṣmaṇa; nityam eva = always; jānāmi = am aware; bhaktim = of devotion; ca = and; parākramam ca = valor; mama = My; tu = but; abhiprāyam = intention; asannirīkṣya = by disregarding; mātrā saha = and Our mother; abhyardasi = You pain; mām = Me; suduḥkham = greatly.
Lakṣmaṇa, I am always aware of Your devotion and valor. But You and Our mother pain Me greatly by disregarding My intention.