Chapter 21 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 21.48

अम्ब सम्भृत्य सम्भारान् दुःखं हृदि निगृह्य च। वनवासकृता बुद्धिर्मम धानुवर्त्यताम् ॥

amba sambhṛtya sambhārān duḥkhaṃ hṛdi nigṛhya ca| vanavāsakṛtā buddhirmama dhānuvartyatām ||

English Meaning

Desisting from the ceremonies of installation and allaying your sorrow in your heart do you, Oh my mother, follow my pious decision about retiring to the forest.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)