Chapter 29 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 29

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 29.21

एवं बहुविधं तं सा याचते गमनं प्रति। नानुमेने महाबाहुस्तां नेतुं विजनं वनम्॥

evaṃ bahuvidhaṃ taṃ sā yācate gamanaṃ prati| nānumene mahābāhustāṃ netuṃ vijanaṃ vanam||

English Meaning

She begged Rāma in these and various other means to take her with him, but that mighty hero did not consent to lead her into the lonely forest.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)