Chapter 21 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 21.46

शोकः संधार्यतां मातर्हृदये साधु मा शुचः। वनवासादिहैष्यामि पुनः कृत्वा पितुर्वचः॥

śokaḥ saṃdhāryatāṃ mātarhṛdaye sādhu mā śucaḥ| vanavāsādihaiṣyāmi punaḥ kṛtvā piturvacaḥ||

English Meaning

Do you, Oh mother, assuage your grief within your heart; lament not you, I shall return home again from the wood after making good my father's words.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)