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)