Have you, my son, heard anything unpleasant concerning Lakṣmaṇa; or the son of that one having an only son,* who has gone to the forest along with his wife? *Meaning herself.
कच्चिन्न लक्ष्मणे पुत्र श्रुतं ते किंचिदप्रियम्। पुत्रे वा ह्येकपुत्रायाः सहभार्ये वनं गते॥