Hearing the words of Laksmana and smiling, the highly effulgent descendant of Raghu, Rāma, skilled in the are of speech, replied.
तच्छ्रुत्वा लक्ष्मणेनोक्तं वाक्यं वाक्यविशारदः। प्रत्युवाच महातेजाः प्रहसनराघवो वचः॥