Chapter 108 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 108

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 108.5

पित्र्यं राज्यं समुत्सृज्य स नार्हसि नरोत्तम। आस्थातुं कापथं दुःखं विषमं बहुकण्टकम्॥

pitryaṃ rājyaṃ samutsṛjya sa nārhasi narottama| āsthātuṃ kāpathaṃ duḥkhaṃ viṣamaṃ bahukaṇṭakam||

English Meaning

Therefore, O best of men, leaving your ancestral kingdom, you ought not to abide in the disagreeable forest filled with dangers and difficulties.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)