Thereupon Rāma spoke to Lakşmaņa, gifted with royal marks, addressing him with natural and resolute words and saying:—What you had said, is sound, well-meaning, sanctioned by polity and speaks of piety, wealth and forgiveness. It should therefore, without the least doubt, be performed by me. It behoveth me to engage in contemplation about the eternal truth regarding the Deity and in ascetic observances. Oh else O Prince, it is not proper to think of the fruits of a difficult, highly developed and energetic action.
सलक्षणं लक्ष्मणमप्रधृष्यं स्वभावजं वाक्यमुवाच रामः। हितं च पथ्यं च नयप्रसक्तं ससामधर्मार्थसमाहितं च ॥ निस्संशयं कार्यमवेक्षितव्यं क्रियाविशेषोऽप्यनुवर्तितव्यः। न तु प्रवृद्धस्य दुरासदस्य कुमार वीर्यस्य फलं च चिन्त्यम्॥