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.