Thereupon beholding Lakşmaņa thus distressed, Sītā, conversant with piety, waxing are anxious said. “Why you weeping, Lakşmaņa? I have reached the banks of Jāhnavī, for which I have so long desired. So this is the time for rejoicing and do not give me pain at this time.
सीता तु परमायत्ता दृष्ट्वा लक्ष्मणमातुरम्। उवाच वाक्यं धर्मज्ञा किमिदं रुद्यते त्वया॥ जाह्नवीतीरमासाद्य चिराभिलषितं मम। हर्षकाले किमर्थं मां विषादयसि लक्ष्मण ॥