Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 9: Liberation

Chapter 11: Lord Ramacandra Rules the World. Text 15

मुनौ निक्षिप्य तनयौ सीता भर्त्रा विवासिता ।
ध्यायन्ती रामचरणौ विवरं प्रविवेश ह ॥१५॥

munau niká¹£ipya tanayau
sÄ«tÄ bhartrÄ vivÄsitÄ
dhyÄyantÄ« rÄma-caraṇau
vivaraṠpraviveśa ha

 munau - unto the great sage VÄlmÄ«ki; niká¹£ipya - giving in charge; tanayau - the two sons Lava and KuÅ›a; sÄ«tÄ - mother SÄ«tÄdevÄ«; bhartrÄ - by her husband; vivÄsitÄ - banished; dhyÄyantÄ« - meditating upon; rÄma-caraṇau - the lotus feet of Lord RÄmacandra; vivaram - within the earth; praviveÅ›a - she entered; ha - indeed.


Text

Being forsaken by her husband, SÄ«tÄdevÄ« entrusted her two sons to the care of VÄlmÄ«ki Muni. Then, meditating upon the lotus feet of Lord RÄmacandra, she entered into the earth.

Purport

It was impossible for SÄ«tÄdevÄ« to live in separation from Lord RÄmacandra. Therefore, after entrusting her two sons to the care of VÄlmÄ«ki Muni, she entered into the earth.