Chapter 101 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 101

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 101.19

एताभ्यां धर्मशीलाभ्यां वनं गच्छेति राघव। मातापितृभ्यामुक्तोऽहं कथमन्यत् समाचरे॥

etābhyāṃ dharmaśīlābhyāṃ vanaṃ gaccheti rāghava| mātāpitṛbhyāmukto'haṃ kathamanyat samācare||

English Meaning

How can I, O descendant of Rāghava, having been told by my righteous father and mother, 'Go to the woods', act otherwise?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)