Chapter 28 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 28

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 28.5

सीते विमुच्यतामेषा वनवासकृता मतिः। बहुदोषं हि कान्तारं वनमित्यभिधीयते॥

sīte vimucyatāmeṣā vanavāsakṛtā matiḥ| bahudoṣaṃ hi kāntāraṃ vanamityabhidhīyate||

English Meaning

Renounce therefore, Oh Sītă, your intention of flying as an exile to the forest, which for its impenetrableness is said to abound in evils.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)