Chapter 28 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 28

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 28.23

वनं तु नेतुं न कृता मतिर्यदा बभूव रामेण तदा महात्मना। न तस्य सीता वचनं चकार तं ततोऽब्रवीद् राममिदं सुदुःखिता॥

vanaṃ tu netuṃ na kṛtā matiryadā babhūva rāmeṇa tadā mahātmanā| na tasya sītā vacanaṃ cakāra taṃ tato'bravīd rāmamidaṃ suduḥkhitā||

English Meaning

While the high-souled Rāma, resolved thus not to take Sītā with him to the forest, she, greatly sorry, did not accept his words and spoke to him in the following way.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)