Chapter 20 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 20

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 20.24

चतुर्दश हि वर्षाणि वत्स्यामि विजने वने। कन्दमूलफलैर्जीवन् हित्वा मुनिवदामिषम्॥

caturdaśa hi varṣāṇi vatsyāmi vijane vane| kandamūlaphalairjīvan hitvā munivadāmiṣam||

English Meaning

I shall live in the forest for fourteen years abstaining from animal food and living on tuberous roots and fruits like to the ascetics.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)