Chapter 21 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 21.44

अनुमन्यस्व मां देवि गमिष्यन्तमितो वनम्। शापितासि मम प्राणैः कुरु स्वस्त्ययनानि मे॥

anumanyasva māṃ devi gamiṣyantamito vanam| śāpitāsi mama prāṇaiḥ kuru svastyayanāni me||

English Meaning

I do bind you with an oath of my life, Oh venerable one, to allow me to wander away hence into the wood. Do you perform benedictory ceremonies for my welfare.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)