चक्रवाकीव just as a female chakravaka, भर्तारम् husband, विषमम् difficult, वनम् forest, दण्डकारण्यम् Dandaka forest, उद्यानमिव like pleasure garden, पृष्ठतः at the back, अनुगता followed.

'Just as a female chakravaka follows the male, Sita followed her husband into this dense Dandaka forest as though it is a pleasuregarden.