Chapter 18 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 18

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 18.31

संनिदेशे पितुस्तिष्ठ यथानेन प्रतिश्रुतम्। त्वयारण्यं प्रवेष्टव्यं नव वर्षाणि पञ्च च॥

saṃnideśe pitustiṣṭha yathānena pratiśrutam| tvayāraṇyaṃ praveṣṭavyaṃ nava varṣāṇi pañca ca||

English Meaning

Your father is bound to me by promise, obeying therefore your father's mandate, do you repair to the forest for nine years and five.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)