Chapter 27 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 27

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 27.10

अहं दुर्गं गमिष्यामि वनं पुरुषवर्जितम्। नानामृगगणाकीर्णं शार्दूलगणसेवितम्॥

ahaṃ durgaṃ gamiṣyāmi vanaṃ puruṣavarjitam| nānāmṛgagaṇākīrṇaṃ śārdūlagaṇasevitam||

English Meaning

I shall wend my way to the forest impassable, devoid of men, inhabited by various deers, tigers and other voracious animals.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)