Chapter 23 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 23

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 23.17

पूर्वराजर्षिवृत्त्या हि वनवासोऽभिधीयते। प्रजा निक्षिप्य पुत्रेषु पुत्रवत् परिपालने॥

pūrvarājarṣivṛttyā hi vanavāso'bhidhīyate| prajā nikṣipya putreṣu putravat paripālane||

English Meaning

Dwelling into the forest is permitted after making over(the charge of) the subjects to (the hands of the) sons, as did the Rājarsis of old.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)