Chapter 19 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 19

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 19.4

मन्युर्न च त्वया कार्यो देवि ब्रूमि तवाग्रतः। यास्यामि भव सुप्रीता वनं चीरजटाधरः॥

manyurna ca tvayā kāryo devi brūmi tavāgrataḥ| yāsyāmi bhava suprītā vanaṃ cīrajaṭādharaḥ||

English Meaning

be not angry, Oh worshipful one, I speak before you, be you propitiated well, and I shall go to the forest wearing bark and matted hair.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)