Chapter 23 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 23

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 23.16

ऊर्ध्वं वर्षसहस्रान्ते प्रजापाल्यमनन्तरम्। आर्यपुत्राः करिष्यन्ति वनवासं गते त्वयि ॥

ūrdhvaṃ varṣasahasrānte prajāpālyamanantaram| āryaputrāḥ kariṣyanti vanavāsaṃ gate tvayi ||

English Meaning

Yourself retiring to the forest after governing the people for a thousand years, your sons shall resume the administration.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)