Ravanavadha 22.28

22.28

sthānaṃ naḥ pūrva-jānāmiyamadhikamasau preyasī pūrayodhyā, dūrādālokyate yā huta-vividha-haviḥ- prīṇitā 'śeṣa-devā,
so 'yaṃ deśo, rudantaṃ pura-janamakhilaṃ yatra hitvā prayātau āvāṃ sīte ! vanā 'ntaṃ saha dhṛta-dhṛtinā lakṣmaṇena kṣapā'nte.

"This is the abode of our ancestors, Ayodhyā, most beloved city, which is seen from afar, / where all the gods are gladdened with various oblations offered into the sacrificial fire; / and this is that region where, leaving behind the entire weeping populace of the city, / we two, O Sītā, set out at night's end for the interior of the forest together with Lakṣmaṇa, who maintained his steadfastness."