Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 16: Lakṣmaṇa’s Description of Winter
Text 3.16.3
प्रह्वः कलशहस्तस्तं सीतया सह वीर्यवान्।
पृष्ठतोऽनुव्रजन्भ्राता सौमित्रिरिदमब्रवीत्।।
prahvaḥ kalaśa-hastas taṁ sītayā saha vīryavān
pṛṣṭhato ’nuvrajan bhrātā saumitrir idam abravīt
prahvaḥ = after offering obeisances; kalaśa-hastaḥ = who had a pot in His hand; tam = Him; sītayā = Sītā; saha = and; vīryavān = heroic; pṛṣṭhataḥ anuvrajan = while following; bhrātā = [Rāma’s] brother; saumitriḥ = Lakṣmaṇa; idam = as follows; abravīt = spoke.
After offering obeisances, [Rāma’s] heroic brother Lakṣmaṇa, who had a pot in His hand, spoke as follows while following Him and Sītā.