On the eve of his departure for the forest, that enhancer of Sumitrā's joy and favourite of his brother (Rāma), his dear brother Lakşmaņa, endowed with humility, displaying brotherliness, followed him out of affection.
तं व्रजन्तं प्रियो भ्राता लक्ष्मणोऽनुजगाम ह। स्नेहाद् विनयसम्पन्नः सुमित्रानन्दवर्धनः॥ भ्रातरं दयितो भ्रातुः सौभ्रात्रमनुदर्शयन्।