Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 34: Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa and Sītā Meet Daśaratha
Text 2.34.24
अनुजानीहि सर्वान्नः शोकमुत्सृज्य मानद।
लक्ष्मणं मां च सीतां च प्रजापतिरिव प्रजाः॥
anujānīhi sarvān naḥ śokam utsṛjya mānada
lakṣmaṇaṁ māṁ ca sītāṁ ca prajāpatir iva prajāḥ
anujānīhi = please permit; sarvān naḥ = all of us; śokam = your distress; utsṛjya = giving up; mānada = O respectful one; lakṣmaṇam = Lakṣmaṇa; mām ca = Me; sītām = Sītā; ca = and; prajāpatiḥ = Lord Brahmā; iva = just as; prajāḥ = [permitted] his sons.
O respectful one, giving up your distress, please permit all of us—Lakṣmaṇa, Me and Sītā—to depart, just as Lord Brahmā permitted his sons.1
1 Just as Lord Brahmā permitted his sons, that is, the four Kumāras to go and engage in austerities.