Chapter 107 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 107

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 107.6

तेन पित्राहमप्यत्र नियुक्तः पुरुषर्षभ । चतुर्दश वने वासं वर्षाणि वरदानिकम्।७।।

tena pitrāhamapyatra niyuktaḥ puruṣarṣabha | caturdaśa vane vāsaṃ varṣāṇi varadānikam|7||

English Meaning

And, you foremost of men, I have been enjoyed by my sire to stay in the woods for fourteen years, in consequence of his having granted her the boon.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)