Chapter 28 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 28

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 28.22

तदलं ते वनं गत्वा क्षेमं नहि वनं तव। विमृशनिव पश्यामि बहुदोषकरं वनम्॥

tadalaṃ te vanaṃ gatvā kṣemaṃ nahi vanaṃ tava| vimṛśaniva paśyāmi bahudoṣakaraṃ vanam||

English Meaning

You should not therefore go to the forest, it forebodes no good to you. Weighing well, have I concluded that the forest abounds in innumerable evils.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)