Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 46: Rāma Leaves the Brāhmaṇas to go to the Forest
Text 2.46.1
ततस्तु तमसातीरं रम्यमाश्रित्य राघवः।
सीतामुद्धीक्ष्य सौमित्रिमिदं वचनमब्रवीत्॥
tatas tu tamasā-tīraṁ ramyam āśritya rāghavaḥ
sītām udvīkṣya saumitrim idaṁ vacanam abravīt
tataḥ tu tamasā-tīram = the bank of Tamasā; ramyam = pleasant; āśritya = having resorted to; rāghavaḥ = Rāghava; sītām = Sītā; udvīkṣya = looked at and; saumitrim = to Sumitrā’s son; idam = the following; vacanam = words; abravīt = spoke.
Having resorted to the pleasant bank of Tamasā, Rāghava looked at Sītā and spoke the following words to Sumitrā’s son.
Rāmacandra looked at Sītā-devī while speaking to Lakṣmaṇa to indicate that what He is going to speak should not be a cause for anxiety for Sītā-devī too.