Chapter 19 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 19

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 19.22

अनुक्तोऽप्यत्रभवता भवत्या वचनादहम्। वने वत्स्यामि विजने वर्षाणीह चतुर्दश॥

anukto'pyatrabhavatā bhavatyā vacanādaham| vane vatsyāmi vijane varṣāṇīha caturdaśa||

English Meaning

Even though not commanded by him, I shall, for your words, live in a solitary forest for fourteen years.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)