Chapter 29 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 29

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 29.7

अथापि च महाप्राज्ञ ब्राह्मणानां मया श्रुतम्। पुरा पितृगृहे सत्यं वस्तव्यं किल मे वने॥

athāpi ca mahāprājña brāhmaṇānāṃ mayā śrutam| purā pitṛgṛhe satyaṃ vastavyaṃ kila me vane||

English Meaning

Besides, I heard before, O you of great intelligence, in my paternal house from the Brāhmaṇas that I should live in the forest.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)