Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 47: The Brāhmaṇas Return to Ayodhyā in Distress
Text 2.47.5
कथं नाम महाबाहुः स तथावितथक्रियः।
भक्तं जनं परित्यज्य प्रवासं राघवो गतः॥
kathaṁ nāma mahā-bāhuḥ sa tathāvitatha-kriyaḥ
bhaktaṁ janaṁ parityajya pravāsaṁ rāghavo gataḥ
katham = how; nāma = indeed; mahā-bāhuḥ = mighty-armed; saḥ = the; tathā = and; avitatha-kriyaḥ = whose pursuits are unfailing; bhaktam janam = His devotees; parityajya = abandon; pravāsam = away; rāghavaḥ = Rāghava; gataḥ = did go.
How indeed did the mighty-armed Rāghava, whose pursuits are unfailing, abandon His devotees and go away?