Chapter 37 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 37

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 37.11

तस्यास्तत् क्षिप्रमागत्य रामो धर्मभृतां वरः। चीरं बबन्ध सीतायाः कौशेयस्योपरि स्वयम्॥

tasyāstat kṣipramāgatya rāmo dharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ| cīraṃ babandha sītāyāḥ kauśeyasyopari svayam||

English Meaning

Thereupon that best of righteous persons, Rāma, speedily coming up to her, fastened the monastic garb over Sītā's silk attire.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)