Chapter 100 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 100

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 100.2

क्व नु तेऽभूत् पिता तात यदरण्यं त्वमागतः। न हि त्वं जीवतस्तस्य वनमागन्तुमर्हसि ॥

kva nu te'bhūt pitā tāta yadaraṇyaṃ tvamāgataḥ| na hi tvaṃ jīvatastasya vanamāgantumarhasi ||

English Meaning

Where was your father, child, that you have come to the forest? It certainly behoves you not to come to the forest while he is living.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)