Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 53: Rāma Requests Lakṣmaṇa to Return to Ayodhyā
Text 2.53.17
अहमेको गमिष्यामि सीतया सह दण्डकान्।
अनाथाया हि नाथस्त्वं कौसल्याया भविष्यसि॥
aham eko gamiṣyāmi sītayā saha daṇḍakān
anāthāyā hi nāthas tvaṁ kausalyāyā bhaviṣyasi
aham = I; ekaḥ = alone; gamiṣyāmi = will go; sītayā saha = with Sītā; daṇḍakān = to the Daṇḍaka forests; anāthāyāḥ hi = of the unprotected; nāthaḥ = the protector; tvam = You; kausalyāyāḥ = Queen Kausalyā; bhaviṣyasi = should become.
I will go to the Daṇḍaka forests alone with Sītā. You should become the protector of the unprotected Queen Kausalyā.