Chapter 24 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 24

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 24.17

आसां राम सपत्नीनां वस्तुं मध्ये न मे क्षमम्। नय मामपि काकुत्स्थ वनं वन्यां मृगीमिव॥ यदि ते गमने बुद्धिः कृता पितुरपेक्षया।

āsāṃ rāma sapatnīnāṃ vastuṃ madhye na me kṣamam| naya māmapi kākutstha vanaṃ vanyāṃ mṛgīmiva|| yadi te gamane buddhiḥ kṛtā piturapekṣayā|

English Meaning

Oh Rāma, I shall not be able to live amongst these co-wives, if are you resolved to go to the forest for the discharge of your father's behest; do you take me with you, Oh Kākutstha, like to a wild hind.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)