Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 61: Rāma’s Lamentation
Text 3.61.24
ततो दुःखाभिसन्तप्तो लक्ष्मणो वाक्यमब्रवीत्।
विचरन्दण्डकारण्यं भ्रातरं दीप्ततेजसम्॥
tato duḥkhābhisantapto lakṣmaṇo vākyam abravīt
vicaran daṇḍakāraṇyaṁ bhrātaraṁ dīpta-tejasam
tato duḥkhābhisantapto lakṣmaṇo vākyam abravīt
vicaran daṇḍakāraṇyaṁ bhrātaraṁ dīpta-tejasam
Then Lakṣmaṇa who was tormented by distress while wandering in Daṇḍakāraṇya spoke the [following] words to His brother who possessed blazing prowess.
“Who possessed blazing prowess” indirectly states the reason [for Śrī Rāma’s eventual] attainment of Śrī Sītā as it will be described later on [in this book].