Chapter 19 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 19

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 19.17

रामोऽप्युत्थाप्प राजानं कैकेय्याभिप्रचोदितः। कशयेव हतो वाजी वनं गन्तुं कृतत्वरः॥

rāmo'pyutthāppa rājānaṃ kaikeyyābhipracoditaḥ| kaśayeva hato vājī vanaṃ gantuṃ kṛtatvaraḥ||

English Meaning

Raising the king up, Rāma, being directed by Kaikeyī, began to hurry on his departure to the forest, like to a steed struck sharp with a whip.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)