Whereupon spoke to that weeping Sītā, the descendant of Raghu thus:, Oh Sītā, Oh you born of a great family, versed in the knowledge of religion and intent on the performance of religious rites, my father has banished me to the forest! Do you hear, Oh daughter of Janaka, how has this calamity befallen me.
इतीव विलपन्तीं तां प्रोवाच रघुनन्दनः। सीते तत्र भवांस्तातः प्रव्राजयति मां वनम्॥ कुले महति सम्भूते धर्मज्ञे धर्मचारिणि। शृणु जानकि येनेदं क्रमेणाद्यागतं मम॥