Text 16] Lord Ramacandra Rules the World 115

Thus He established in the great forest known as Madhuvana the
town known as Mathura.

TEXT 15

at fakearey aaat Ata Aa arhera |
erred wast fat ater zs 24

munau niksipya tanayau
sita bhartra vivasita

dhyayanti rama-caranau
vivaram pravivesa ha

munau—unto the great sage Valmiki; niksipya—giving in charge;
tanayau—the two sons Lava and Kuéga; sita—mother Sitadevi;
bhartra—by her husband; vivdsita—banished; dhydyanti—meditating
upon; réma-caranau—the lotus feet of Lord Ramacandra; vivaram—
within the earth; pravivesa—she entered; ha—indeed.

TRANSLATION

Being forsaken by her husband, Sitadevi entrusted her two sons
to the care of Valmiki Muni. Then, meditating upon the lotus feet
of Lord Ramacandra, she entered into the earth.

PURPORT

It was impossible for Sitadevi to live in separation from Lord
Ramacandra. Therefore, after entrusting her two sons to the care of
Valmiki Muni, she entered into the earth.

TEXT 16
THAT AMAT VTA eT TA |
ATT TOT AT ATTA TATE EI

tac chrutvd bhagavan ramo
rundhann api dhiya sucah
