Chapter 14 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 14

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 14.33

रामशोकाभिसंतप्ता सा देवी वामलोचना। वनवासरता नित्यमेष्यते वनचारिणी॥

rāmaśokābhisaṃtaptā sā devī vāmalocanā| vanavāsaratā nityameṣyate vanacāriṇī||

English Meaning

Or she having beautiful eyes and fond of ranging in the forest, racked with sorrow in consequence of Rāma's separation, dose always frequent this forest.* *The commentator, Rāmānuja interprets this bloka as explaining the cause of Sītā's frequenting the Asoka forest.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)