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)