Chapter 111 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 111

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 111.21

यदि त्ववश्यं वस्तव्यं कर्तव्यं च पितुर्वचः। अहमेव निवत्स्यामि चतुर्दश वने समाः॥

yadi tvavaśyaṃ vastavyaṃ kartavyaṃ ca piturvacaḥ| ahameva nivatsyāmi caturdaśa vane samāḥ||

English Meaning

But if he must dwell here, and thus act out the mandate of our father, I also will abide in the forest for fourteen years.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)