Chapter 29 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 29

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 29.11

वनवासे हि जानामि दुःखानि बहुधा किल। प्राप्यन्ते नियतं वीर पुरुषैरकृतात्मभिः॥

vanavāse hi jānāmi duḥkhāni bahudhā kila| prāpyante niyataṃ vīra puruṣairakṛtātmabhiḥ||

English Meaning

I know, O great hero, that there are many evils incident to living in the forest; but they generally befall those men who have not their senses subdued.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)