Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 67: Rāma Meets Jaṭāyu
Text 3.67.3
किं करिष्यावहे वत्स क्व वा गच्छाव लक्ष्मण।
केनोपायेन पश्येयं सीतामिति विचिन्तय॥
kiṁ kariṣyāvahe vatsa kva vā gacchāva lakṣmaṇa
kenopāyena paśyeyaṁ sītām iti vicintaya
kim = what; kariṣyāvahe = should We do; vatsa = My dear boy; kva vā = where; gacchāva = should We go; lakṣmaṇa = Lakṣmaṇa; kena = what; upāyena = by means; paśyeyam = can We see; sītām = Sītā; iti = about this; vicintaya = think.
My dear boy, Lakṣmaṇa, what should We do? Where should We go? By what means can We see Sītā?1 Think about this.
1 Rāmāyaṇa-bhūṣaṇa: paśyeyaṁ paśyeva.