Chapter 19 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 19

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 19.15

यावत्त्वं न वनं यातः पुरादस्मादतित्वरम्। पिता तावन्नते राम स्नास्यते भोक्ष्यतेऽपि वा॥

yāvattvaṃ na vanaṃ yātaḥ purādasmādatitvaram| pitā tāvannate rāma snāsyate bhokṣyate'pi vā||

English Meaning

As long as you shall not hurriedly depart from his presence, Oh Rāma, your father shall not bathe, or eat anything.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)