Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 58: Sumantra Conveys the Message of Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa
Text 2.58.7
यं यान्तमनुयान्ति स्म पदातिरथकुञ्जराः।
स वत्स्यति कथं रामो विजनं वनमाश्रितः॥
yaṁ yāntam anuyānti sma padāti-ratha-kuñjarāḥ
sa vatsyati kathaṁ rāmo vijanaṁ vanam āśritaḥ
yam = whom; yāntam = when He walked; anuyānti sma = would follow; padāti-ratha-kuñjarāḥ = infantry, chariots and elephants; saḥ vatsyati = will live; katham = how; rāmaḥ = Rāma; vijanam vanam āśritaḥ = in the lonely forest.
How will Rāma, whom infantry, chariots and elephants would follow when He walked, live in the lonely forest?