Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 53: Rāma Requests Lakṣmaṇa to Return to Ayodhyā
Text 2.53.21
मा स्म सीमन्तिनी काचिज्जनयेत्पुत्रमीदृशम्।
सौमित्रे योऽहमम्बाया दद्मि शोकमनन्तकम्॥
mā sma sīmantinī kācij janayet putram īdṛśam
saumitre yo ’ham ambāyā dadmi śokam anantakam
mā sma sīmantinī kācit = may no married lady ever; janayet = give birth; putram = to a son; īdṛśam = like Me; saumitre = Lakṣmaṇa; yaḥ aham = for I; ambāyāḥ = to My mother; dadmi = give; śokam = distress; anantakam = unending.
Lakṣmaṇa, may no married lady ever give birth to a son like Me for I give unending distress to My mother!
मन्ये प्रीतिविशिष्टा सा मत्तो लक्ष्मण शारिका।
यस्यास्तच्छ्रूयते वाक्यं शुक पादमरेर्दश॥