Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 43: Sītā Sees the Magical Deer
Text 3.43.37
यदि वायं तथा यन्मां भवेद्वदसि लक्ष्मण।
मायैषा राक्षसस्येति कर्तव्योऽस्य वधो मया॥
yadi vāyaṁ tathā yan māṁ bhaved vadasi lakṣmaṇa
māyaiṣā rākṣasasyeti kartavyo ’sya vadho mayā
yadi vā = if; ayam tathā = it; yat = as; mām = Me; bhavet = is; vadasi = You tell; lakṣmaṇa = Lakṣmaṇa; māyā = an illusion; eṣā = that is here; rākṣasasya iti = created by a rākṣasa; kartavyaḥ = should; asya = it; vadhaḥ = kill; mayā = I.
Lakṣmaṇa, if it is, as You tell Me, an illusion created by a rākṣasa that is here, I should kill it.