Chapter 118 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 118

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 118.6

आगच्छन्त्याश्च विजनं वनमेवं भयावहम्। समाहितं हि मे श्वश्वा हृदये यत् स्थिरं मम॥

āgacchantyāśca vijanaṃ vanamevaṃ bhayāvaham| samāhitaṃ hi me śvaśvā hṛdaye yat sthiraṃ mama||

English Meaning

What my mother-in-law instructed me at the time that I was leaving for the lonely and fearful forest, is constantly present in my mind.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)