Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 53: Rāma Requests Lakṣmaṇa to Return to Ayodhyā
Text 2.53.16
मा स्म मत्कारणाद्देवी सुमित्रा दुःखमावसेत्।
अयोध्यामित एव त्वं काल्ये प्रविश लक्ष्मण॥
mā sma mat-kāraṇād devī sumitrā duḥkham āvaset
ayodhyām ita eva tvaṁ kālye praviśa lakṣmaṇa
mā sma = should not; mat-kāraṇāt = because of Me; devī = Queen; sumitrā = Sumitrā; duḥkham = distress; āvaset = undergo; ayodhyām = to Ayodhyā; itaḥ eva = from here; tvam1 kālye = tomorrow early morning itself; praviśa = go; lakṣmaṇa = Lakṣmaṇa.
Lakṣmaṇa, Queen Sumitrā should not undergo distress because of Me. Go to Ayodhyā from here tomorrow early morning itself.
1 Technical note: tvam praviśa.