Exhorted by Sri Rama to stay in Ayodhya to look after his parents, Sita submits in reply that she being his counterpart, her exile is implied in his and insists on her being taken with him since she would not be able to bear separation from him.
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Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 28 "Vanavasa Dukha Varnanam" (Book 2 Canto 28)

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