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)