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)