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[Rama, Sita and Lakshmana stay on the bank of Tamasa river -- at dawn they proceed, leaving behind the citizens of Ayodhya.]

tatastu tamasātīraṅ ramyamāśritya rāghavaḥ.

sītāmudvīkṣya saumitrimidaṅ vacanamabravīt৷৷2.46.1৷৷

Translation

tataḥ then, rāghavaḥ scion of the Raghus (Rama), ramyam lovely, tamasātīram bank of Tamasa, āśritya having taken refuge, sītām Sita, udvīkṣya having looked at, saumitrim Sumitra's son (Lakshmana), idaṅ vacanam these words, abravīt said.

The scion of the Raghus (Rama), having taken shelter on the lovely bank of Tamasa, glanced at Sita and said to Lakshmana thus: