Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 97: Rāma Instructs Lakṣmaṇa
Text 2.97.27
वृक्षाग्रादवरोह त्वं कुरु लक्ष्मण मद्वचः।
इतीव रामो धर्मात्मा सौमित्रिं तमुवाच ह॥
vṛkṣāgrād avaroha tvaṁ kuru lakṣmaṇa mad-vacaḥ
itīva rāmo dharmātmā saumitriṁ tam uvāca ha
vṛkṣa-agrāt = from the treetop; avaroha = get down; tvam kuru = and do; lakṣmaṇa = Lakṣmaṇa; mat-vacaḥ = what I said; iti iva = then; rāmaḥ = Rāma; dharmātmā = of a dhārmika mind; saumitrim tam = Sumitrā’s son; uvāca ha = told.
Then Rāma of a dhārmika mind told Sumitrā’s son, “Lakṣmaṇa, get down from the treetop and do what I said.”
“Do what I said” refers to Rāma’s words that indicated that Lakṣmaṇa should become peaceful about Bharata.