Text 16]
Lord Rāmacandra Rules the World
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Thus He established in the great forest known as Madhuvana the town known as Mathurā.
TEXT 15
मुनौ निक्षिप्य तनयौ सीता भर्त्रा विवासिता ।
ध्यायन्ती रामचरणौ विवरं प्रविवेश ह ॥१५॥
munau nikṣipya tanayau
sītā bhartrā vivāsitā
dhyāyantī rāma-caraṇau
vivaraṁ praviveśa ha
munau —unto the great sage Vālmiki;  nikṣipya —giving in charge;  tanayau —the two sons Lava and Kuśa;  sītā —mother Sītādevi;  bhartrā —by her husband;  vivāsitā —banished;  dhyāyantī —meditating upon;  rāma-caraṇau —the lotus feet of Lord Rāmacandra;  vivaraṁ —within the earth;  praviveśa —she entered;  ha —indeed.
TRANSLATION
Being forsaken by her husband, Sītādevī entrusted her two sons to the care of Vālmiki Muni. Then, meditating upon the lotus feet of Lord Rāmacandra, she entered into the earth.
PURPORT
It was impossible for Sītādevī to live in separation from Lord Rāmacandra. Therefore, after entrusting her two sons to the care of Vālmiki Muni, she entered into the earth.
TEXT 16
तच्छ्रुत्वा भगवान् रामो रुन्धन्नपि धिया शुचः ।
सरंस्तस्या गुणांस्तांस्तान्नाशक्रोद् रोद्धुमीश्वरः॥१६॥
tac chrutvā bhagavān rāmo
rundhann api dhiyā śucaḥ