Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 53: Rāma Requests Lakṣmaṇa to Return to Ayodhyā
Text 2.53.1
स तं वृक्षं समासाद्य संध्यामन्वास्य पश्चिमाम्।
रामो रमयतां श्रेष्ठ इति होवाच लक्ष्मणम्॥
sa taṁ vṛkṣaṁ samāsādya sandhyām anvāsya paścimām
rāmo ramayatāṁ śreṣṭha iti hovāca lakṣmaṇam
saḥ1 tam = that; vṛkṣam = tree; samāsādya = having approached; sandhyām = sandhyā-vandana; anvāsya = performed; paścimām = His evening; rāmaḥ = Rāma; ramayatām = of the pleasant; śreṣṭhaḥ = the best; iti ha uvāca = and spoke the following; lakṣmaṇam = to Lakṣmaṇa.
Having approached that tree, Rāma, the best of the pleasant, performed His evening sandhyā-vandana and spoke the following to Lakṣmaṇa.
1 Technical note: saḥ rāmaḥ.