Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 69: Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa Meet Kabandha
Text 3.69.40
लक्ष्मणेनैवमुक्तस्तु रामः सौमित्रिमब्रवीत्।
मा स्म त्रासं कृथा वीर न हि त्वादृग्विषीदति॥
lakṣmaṇenaivam uktas tu rāmaḥ saumitrim abravīt
mā sma trāsaṁ kṛthā vīra na hi tvādṛg viṣīdati
lakṣmaṇena = when Lakṣmaṇa; evam = in this manner; uktaḥ tu = spoke to Him; rāmaḥ = Rāma; saumitrim = the son of Sumitrā-devī; abravīt = told; mā sma trāsam kṛthāḥ = don’t be afraid; vīra = O hero; na = not; hi = certainly; tvādṛk = a man like You; viṣīdati = does lament.
When Lakṣmaṇa spoke to Him in this manner, Rāma told the son of Sumitrā-devī: Don’t be afraid, O hero! A man like You certainly does not lament.