मुनौ निक्षिप्य तनयौ सीता भर्त्रा विवासिता । ध्यायन्ती रामचरणौ विवरं प्रविवेश ह ॥ १५ ॥
munau niksipya tanayau sita bhartra vivasita dhyayanti rama-caranau vivaram pravivesa ha
- munau
- unto the great sage Valmiki
- niksipya
- giving in charge
- tanayau
- the two sons Lava and Kusa
- sita
- mother Sitadevi
- bhartra
- by her husband
- vivasita
- banished
- dhyayanti
- meditating upon
- rama-caranau
- the lotus feet of Lord Ramacandra
- vivaram
- within the earth
- pravivesa
- she entered
- ha
- indeed.
Being forsaken by her husband, Sitadevi entrusted her two sons to the care of Valmiki Muni. Then, meditating upon the lotus feet of Lord Ramacandra, she entered into the earth.