Chapter 24 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 24

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 24.31

अपीदानीं स कालः स्याद् वनात् प्रत्यागतं पुनः। यत् त्वां पुत्रक पश्येयं जटाबल्कलधारिणम्॥

apīdānīṃ sa kālaḥ syād vanāt pratyāgataṃ punaḥ| yat tvāṃ putraka paśyeyaṃ jaṭābalkaladhāriṇam||

English Meaning

Oh my darling, shall that day ever come, when I shall see you return from the forest, wearing bark and matted hair.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)