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cakravākīva bhartāraṅ pṛṣṭhatō.nugatā vanam.

viṣamaṅ daṇḍakāraṇyamudyānamiva yā.gatā4.30.65৷৷

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cakravākīva just as a female chakravaka, bhartāram husband, viṣamam difficult, vanam forest, daṇḍakāraṇyam Dandaka forest, udyānamiva like pleasure garden, pṛṣṭhataḥ at the back, anugatā followed.

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