Chapter 19 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 19

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 19.10

दण्डकारण्यमेषोऽहं गच्छाम्येव हि सत्वरः। अविचार्य पितुर्वाक्यं समा वस्तुं चतुर्दश॥

daṇḍakāraṇyameṣo'haṃ gacchāmyeva hi satvaraḥ| avicārya piturvākyaṃ samā vastuṃ caturdaśa||

English Meaning

I shall, not even judging the propriety of my father's words, speedily repair to the forest of Dandaka for fourteen years.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)