Chapter 103 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 103

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 103.18

सीता पुरस्ताद् व्रजतु त्वमेनामभितो व्रज। अहं पश्चाद् गमिष्यामि गतिथेषा सुदारुणा॥

sītā purastād vrajatu tvamenāmabhito vraja| ahaṃ paścād gamiṣyāmi gatitheṣā sudāruṇā||

English Meaning

Let Sītā go first. do you follow her. I shall go last. Even this is the course of those in mourning.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)