Chapter 21 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 21.31

जामदग्न्येन रामेण रेणुका जननी स्वयम्। कृत्ता परशुनारण्ये पितुर्वचनकारणात्॥

jāmadagnyena rāmeṇa reṇukā jananī svayam| kṛttā paraśunāraṇye piturvacanakāraṇāt||

English Meaning

Rāma the son of Jamadagni, at his father's words, decapitated his mother in the forest.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)