In plain words
But when his brother Rāma was in such a state, he thought, “It is not my dharma to live in comfort like this in Ayodhyā,” and though he had a mother and a wife, he too gave up everything he had, believing that Rāmacandra alone was his life, and went to the forests with Rāmacandra in the guise of an ascetic.
More than that, Lakṣmaṇa believed: “Ayodhyā without Rāma is a forest to me; the forest where Rāma is, that is Ayodhyā to me.” Giving up sleep and food, Lakṣmaṇa went on doing “the service of Sītā and Rāma” day and night in that forest.
In these times, the brothers of today think, “Rāma went off to the forest back then, so be it; but I have done nicely, haven't I!” and try ever so many tricks to secure whatever gain comes their way. They fight each other over “property” and go all the way to the Supreme Court. They ruin the property they have. Neither of the two has the fortune to enjoy it. In the end, with nothing to eat and nowhere to live, just as the proverb says, “bare purse, bare head”, the two of them squander all this wealth in the Supreme Court. There are brothers in the world who take to such wicked ways. To such brothers Rāma kept holding out, through Lakṣmaṇa, an example to follow.
The talk between Sītā and Rāma
Through Himself, Śrī Rāmacandra showed every family the bond and the duty between wife and husband. Sītā, who had never been out in the sun. Delicate in the extreme. That Sītā, when Rāma was going to the dense forest, wished to enter the forest too and do her “service to her husband”. But Rāma kept answering her in ever so many ways: “Sītā! We are men; where we are going is the Daṇḍaka forest. In that forest, wild beasts and rākṣasas make terrifying noises. All kinds of wild beasts roam about there.” Then Sītā said, “When I have the “lion among men” by me, what can wild beasts do to me? All beasts must fear the lion, king of beasts, surely! Besides, you are a ‘lion among men’, so you need not tell me of any dangers,” she told Him plainly.
Rāma again: “You have never once seen forests. The rākṣasas there take on very terrifying guises. It will be very hard for me to protect you,” He said. Sītā again: “You who protect the fourteen worlds, can you not protect one Sītā? Is this not cowardice?” she said, and told Him she too was coming. In this way, giving an answer to every word with a word of her own, she kept contriving a way to go with her husband. But Śrī Rāmacandra still did not change His stand and kept pressing on: “Sītā! My mother and father are in great grief at being parted from me. So in my place, serve my mother and father and stay on in Ayodhyā,” He told her.
Before this talk between the two of them, when Rāma spoke with Kausalyā, Sītā had heard all the many precepts Rāma taught for Kausalyā's sake.