Chapter 104 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 104

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 104.23

वैदेहराजन्यसुता स्नुषा दशरथस्य च। रामपत्नी कथं दुःखं सम्प्राप्ता विजने वने॥

vaideharājanyasutā snuṣā daśarathasya ca| rāmapatnī kathaṃ duḥkhaṃ samprāptā vijane vane||

English Meaning

The daughter of Videha's King, and the daughter-in-law of Dasaratha, and the wife of Rāma himself, why does such a lady undergo misery in the lone forest?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)