Chapter 100 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 100

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 100.3

चिरस्य बत पश्यामि दूराद् भरतमागतम्। दुष्प्रतीकमरण्येऽस्मिन् किं तात वनमागतः॥

cirasya bata paśyāmi dūrād bharatamāgatam| duṣpratīkamaraṇye'smin kiṃ tāta vanamāgataḥ||

English Meaning

Ah! I see you come from far after a long time. Why, my child, have you come to this gloomy forest?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)