We are not going to revoke our decision. We have made up our minds to follow you (into the forest). If you have no regard for this decision, then who will adhere to the path of righteousness? [2-45-26]
Oh ! Rama, you are firm in your duty. We beseech you, with our heads having swan like white hair, bowed and soiled with dust, to return to Ayodhya. [2-45-27]
भक्तिमन्ति हि भूतानि जङ्गमाजङ्गमानि च | याचमानेषु राम त्वं भक्तिं भक्तेषु दर्शय || २-४५-२९
Oh ! Rama, all these living beings, movable and immovable, are devoted to you and are entreating you with devotion to return. Show consideration to those supplicants. [2-45-29]
Although the trees uplifted by the speed of the wind, intend to follow you, their movement is stalled by their roots. Unable, they appear to be weeping. [2-45-30]