Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 102: Rāma Performs Śrāddha for King Daśaratha
Text 2.102.19
सान्त्वयित्वा तु तां रामो रुदन्तीं जनकात्मजाम्।
उवाच लक्ष्मणं तत्र दुःखितो दुःखितं वचः॥
sāntavyitvā tu tāṁ rāmo rudantīṁ janakātmajām
uvāca lakṣmaṇaṁ tatra duḥkhito duḥkhitaṁ vacaḥ
sāntavyitvā tu = comforted; tām1 rāmaḥ = Rāma; rudantīm = who was weeping; janaka-ātmajām = Janaka’s daughter; uvāca = spoke; lakṣmaṇam = to Lakṣmaṇa; tatra duḥkhitaḥ = and then in distress; duḥkhitam = in distress; vacaḥ = the following words.
Rāma comforted Janaka’s daughter who was weeping and then in distress spoke the following words in distress to Lakṣmaṇa.
1 Technical note: tām janakātmajām.