Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 56: Sītā is Taken to Aśoka-vana
Text 3.57.30
अशोकवनिकामध्ये मैथिली नीयतामियम्।
तत्रेयं रक्ष्यतां गूढं युष्माभिः परिवारिता॥
aśoka-vanikā-madhye maithilī nīyatām iyam
tatreyaṁ rakṣyatāṁ gūḍhaṁ yuṣmābhiḥ parivāritā
aśoka-vanikā-madhye = inside Aśoka-vana; maithilī = Maithilī; nīyatām = take; iyam = this; tatra = there; iyam = this lady; rakṣyatām = should be guarded; gūḍham = in a solitary place; yuṣmābhiḥ = by you; parivāritā = surrounded.
Take this Maithilī inside Aśoka-vana. Surrounded by you, this lady should be guarded there in a solitary place.1
1 According to Śabda-kalpa-druma, gūḍham means rahaḥ.