Vaidehī is now asking (Rāma) concerning the villages and towns (in their way); and observing various trees and the courses of the rivers, Jānaki, asking Råma Laksmana (for information), is learning all about them. And Sītā sports as she used to do in arbours stationed at the distance of only one krosa from Ayodhyā.
परिपृच्छति वैदेही ग्रामांश्च नगराणि च। गतिं दृष्ट्वा नदीनां च पादपान् विविधानपि॥ रामं वा लक्ष्मणं वापि दृष्ट्वा जानाति जानकी। अयोध्या क्रोशमात्रे तु विहारमिव साश्रिता।१३।।