Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 47: The Brāhmaṇas Return to Ayodhyā in Distress
Text 2.47.11
निर्यातास्तेन वीरेण सह नित्यं जितात्मना।
विहीनास्तेन च पुनः कथं पश्याम तां पुरीम्॥
niryātās tena vīreṇa saha nityaṁ jitātmanā
vihīnās tena ca punaḥ kathaṁ paśyāma tāṁ purīm
niryātāḥ = we left [Ayodhyā]; tena = that; vīreṇa = hero; saha = with; nityam = who is always; jita-ātmanā = self-controlled; vihīnāḥ = without; tena ca = Him; punaḥ = again; katham = how; paśyāma = can we see; tām = that; purīm = city.
We left [Ayodhyā] with that hero who is always self-controlled. How can we see that city again without Him?