Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 53: Rāma Requests Lakṣmaṇa to Return to Ayodhyā
Text 2.53.28
विलप्योपरतं रामं गतार्चिषमिवानलम्।
समुद्रमिव निर्वेगमाश्वासयत लक्ष्मणः॥
vilapyoparataṁ rāmaṁ gatārciṣam ivānalam
samudram iva nirvegam āśvāsayata lakṣmaṇaḥ
vilapya uparatam = after He had stopped crying; rāmam = Rāma; gata-arciṣam = that had lost its brilliance; iva = Rāma resembled; analam = a fire; samudram iva = and an ocean; nirvegam = that had lost its force; āśvāsayata = consoled; lakṣmaṇaḥ = Lakṣmaṇa.
Lakṣmaṇa consoled Rāma after He had stopped crying. Rāma resembled a fire that had lost its brilliance and an ocean that had lost its force.
Vilapyoparatam indicates that it was inappropriate to console Him while He was crying.