Chapter 21 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 21.23

यथैव राजा पूज्यस्ते गौरवेण तथा ह्यहम्। त्वां साहं नानुजानामि न गन्तव्यमितो वनम्॥

yathaiva rājā pūjyaste gauraveṇa tathā hyaham| tvāṃ sāhaṃ nānujānāmi na gantavyamito vanam||

English Meaning

As the monarch is worshipful to you in veneration so am I. I do not permit you, to repair hence to the forest.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)