As the son of Sumitrā was thus engaged in honouring his mother, his mother smelling the crown of his head, thus spoke to the mightyarmed Laksmana.
तं वन्दमानं रुदती माता सौमित्रिमब्रवीत्। हितकामा महाबाहुं मूर्युपाघ्राय लक्ष्मणम्॥