Chapter 12 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 12.87

कस्येदं दारुणं वाक्यमेवंविधमपीरितम्। रामस्यारण्यगमनं भरतस्याभिषेचनम्॥

kasyedaṃ dāruṇaṃ vākyamevaṃvidhamapīritam| rāmasyāraṇyagamanaṃ bharatasyābhiṣecanam||

English Meaning

From whom had you received this inconceivable and dreadful advice, Rāma's journey to the woods and installation of Bharata?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)