Chapter 30 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 30

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 30.27

धर्मस्तु गजनासोरु सद्भिराचरितः पुरा। तं चाहमनुवर्तिष्ये यथा सूर्यं सुवर्चला॥

dharmastu gajanāsoru sadbhirācaritaḥ purā| taṃ cāhamanuvartiṣye yathā sūryaṃ suvarcalā||

English Meaning

O you, having thighs resembling the trunks of an elephant, I shall resort to that virtue which was exercised by great and good men going before, do you follow me therefore like Suvarcalā following the Sun.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)