Chapter 28 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 28

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 28.4

सीते यथा त्वां वक्ष्यामि तथा कार्यं त्वयाबले। वने दोषा हि बहवो वसतस्तान् निबोध मे॥

sīte yathā tvāṃ vakṣyāmi tathā kāryaṃ tvayābale| vane doṣā hi bahavo vasatastān nibodha me||

English Meaning

Oh Sītā, Oh you of the weaker sex, Do you act up to my counsels; there are evils enough in the forest, do you learn them from me who am about to dwell in it.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)