Chapter 24 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 24

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 24.32

तथा हि राम वनवासनिश्चितं ददर्श देवी परमेण चेतसा। उवाच रामं शुभलक्षणं वचो बभूव च स्वस्त्ययनाभिकाशिणी॥

tathā hi rāma vanavāsaniścitaṃ dadarśa devī parameṇa cetasā| uvāca rāmaṃ śubhalakṣaṇaṃ vaco babhūva ca svastyayanābhikāśiṇī||

English Meaning

With great earnestness, the worshipful one began to eye Rāma, determined to go as an exile to the forest and spoke to his auspicious words and became desirous of performing benedictory ceremonies.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)