Chapter 30 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 30

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 30.28

न खल्वहं न गच्छेयं वनं जनकनन्दिनि । वचनं तन्नयति मां पितुः सत्योपबृंहितम्॥

na khalvahaṃ na gaccheyaṃ vanaṃ janakanandini | vacanaṃ tannayati māṃ pituḥ satyopabṛṃhitam||

English Meaning

I cannot but go to the forest, O daughter of Janaka, as the truthful word of my father leads me thereto.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)