इतीव in this way, विलपन्तीम् lamenting, ताम् to her, रघुनन्दनः Rama, प्रोवाच said , सीते O Sita, तत्रभवान् venerable, तातः father, माम् me, वनम् to the forest, प्रव्राजयति banishing.

O Sita my venerable father is banishing me to the forest, said Rama, the scion of the Raghus, the joy of the Raghu race, seeing her thus lamenting.