Chapter 6 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 6

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 6.17

नैवमर्हथ मां वक्तुमाज्ञाप्योऽहं तपस्विनाम्। केवलेन स्वकार्येण प्रवेष्टव्यं वनं मया॥

naivamarhatha māṃ vaktumājñāpyo'haṃ tapasvinām| kevalena svakāryeṇa praveṣṭavyaṃ vanaṃ mayā||

English Meaning

It dose not behove you to speak thus. I should be commanded by the anchorets. I have entered the forest solely with a view to my own purpose.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)