Chapter 30 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 30

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 30.26

यत् सृष्टासि मया सार्धं वनवासाय मैथिलि। न विहातुं मया शक्या प्रीतिरात्मवता यथा ॥

yat sṛṣṭāsi mayā sārdhaṃ vanavāsāya maithili| na vihātuṃ mayā śakyā prītirātmavatā yathā ||

English Meaning

When you are determined O Maithili, repair to the forest with me, I cannot leave you behind, as one possessing self-knowledge cannot renounce munificence.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)