Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 40: Rāma Departs from Ayodhyā
Text 2.40.1
अथ रामश्च सीता च लक्ष्मणश्च कृताञ्जलिः।
उपसङ्गृह्य राजानं चक्रुर्दीनाः प्रदक्षिणम्॥
atha rāmaś ca sītā ca lakṣmaṇaś ca kṛtāñjaliḥ
upasaṅgṛhya rājānaṁ cakrur dīnāḥ pradakṣiṇam
atha = then; rāmaḥ ca = Rāma; sītā ca = Sītā; lakṣmaṇaḥ = Lakṣmaṇa; ca = and; kṛta-añjaliḥ = joined their respective palms in supplication; upasaṅgṛhya = touched the feet of, offered him obeisances and; rājānam = the king; cakruḥ1 dīnāḥ = in distress; pradakṣiṇam = circumambulated him.
Then Rāma, Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa joined their respective palms in supplication, touched the feet of the king, offered him obeisances and circumambulated him in distress.
1 Technical note: cakruḥ pradakṣiṇam.
They were in distress that they did not have [the opportunity to] serve their mothers and father.