तमृर्षि पृष्ठतः सीता अन्वगच्छदवाङ्मुखी। कृताञ्जलिर्बाष्पकला कृत्वा रामं मनोगतम्॥ तां दृष्ट्वा श्रुतिमायान्ती ब्रह्माणमनुगामिनीम्। वाल्मीकेः पृष्ठतः सीतां साधुवादो महानभूत ।।११
tamṛrṣi pṛṣṭhataḥ sītā anvagacchadavāṅmukhī| kṛtāñjalirbāṣpakalā kṛtvā rāmaṃ manogatam|| tāṃ dṛṣṭvā śrutimāyāntī brahmāṇamanugāminīm| vālmīkeḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ sītāṃ sādhuvādo mahānabhūta ||11
English Meaning
With her face downwards, folded palms, eyes full of tears and meditating upon Råma in her mind, Sita, following the Rsis, came before the assembly. There arose a great uproar of eulogy from the assembly when they saw Sità following Vālmīki like to the Śruti following Brahmā.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)