Addressing Lakşmaņa thus, the king spoke to his daughter-in-law, who was standing before him with folded hands, saying.
इत्युक्त्वा लक्ष्मणं राजा स्नुषां बद्धाञ्जलिं स्थिताम्। पुत्रीत्याभाष्य मधुरं शनैरेनामुवाच ह॥