'O Rāma, I am pleased with you; good betide you! And, O Laksmana, I am gratified by you. You are in trouble in consequence of the great fatigue that you have undergone on the way. And Janaka's daughter, the noble Maithili, is evidently cager (for rest).
राम प्रीतोऽस्मि भद्रं ते परितुष्टोऽस्मि लक्ष्मण। अभिवादयितुं यन्मां प्राप्तौ स्थः सह सीतया॥ अध्वश्रमेण वां खेदो बाधते प्रचुरश्रमः। व्यक्तमुत्कण्ठते वापि मैथिली जनकात्मजा ॥