Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 58: Sumantra Conveys the Message of Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa
Text 2.58.11
किमुवाच वचो रामः किमुवाच च लक्ष्मणः।
सुमन्त्र वनमासाद्य किमुवाच च मैथिली॥
kim uvāca vaco rāmaḥ kim uvāca ca lakṣmaṇaḥ
sumantra vanam āsādya kim uvāca ca maithilī
kim = what; uvāca = did speak; vacaḥ = words; rāmaḥ = Rāma; kim = what did; uvāca ca = say; lakṣmaṇaḥ = Lakṣmaṇa; sumantra = Sumantra; vanam = the forest; āsādya = having reached; kim = what did; uvāca ca = say; maithilī = Maithilī.
Sumantra, what words did Rāma speak? What did Lakṣmaṇa say? Having reached the forest, what did Maithilī say?