Chapter 116 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 116

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 116.23

आश्रममृषिविरहितं प्रभुः क्षणमपि न जहौ स राघवः। स्तापसाश्चार्षचरिते धृतगुणाः॥

āśramamṛṣivirahitaṃ prabhuḥ kṣaṇamapi na jahau sa rāghavaḥ| stāpasāścārṣacarite dhṛtaguṇāḥ||

English Meaning

(Thenceforth) Rāghava never for a moment left that asylum forsaken by the sages., Rāghava having such qualities in his character as were likely to stand the sages in stead, the ascetics (that remained behind) ever followed Rāghava.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)