Then the lotus-eyed Rāma said to that enhancer of auspiciousness, the heroic Laks maņa, who was by him, and was following him at his back,
ततोऽब्रवीत् समीपस्थं रामो राजीवलोचनः। पृष्ठतोऽनुगतं वीरं लक्ष्मणं लक्ष्मिवर्धनम्॥