Chapter 18 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 18

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 18.33

सप्त सप्त च वर्षाणि दण्डकारण्यमाश्रितः। अभिषेकमिदं त्यक्त्वा जटाचीरधरो भव ॥

sapta sapta ca varṣāṇi daṇḍakāraṇyamāśritaḥ| abhiṣekamidaṃ tyaktvā jaṭācīradharo bhava ||

English Meaning

Forsaking this installation, do you repair to Dandaka forest for seven and seven years and wear bark and matted hair.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)