Chapter 27 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 27

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 27.18

अहं गमिष्यामि वनं सुदुर्गमं मृगायुतं वानरवारणैश्च। वने निवत्स्यामि यथा पितुर्गृहे तवैव पादावुपगृह्य सम्मता॥

ahaṃ gamiṣyāmi vanaṃ sudurgamaṃ mṛgāyutaṃ vānaravāraṇaiśca| vane nivatsyāmi yathā piturgṛhe tavaiva pādāvupagṛhya sammatā||

English Meaning

I shall go there in that dense forest full of deers, monkeys and elephants and live there as if under my paternal roof cleaving to your feet and abiding in your pleasure.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)