Chapter 30 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 30

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 30.36

मम सना मतिः सीते नेतुं त्वां दण्डकावनम्। वसिष्यामीति सा त्वं मामनुयातुं सुनिश्चिता॥

mama sanā matiḥ sīte netuṃ tvāṃ daṇḍakāvanam| vasiṣyāmīti sā tvaṃ māmanuyātuṃ suniścitā||

English Meaning

My resolution of not taking you, O Sītā, to the forest of Dandaka is now rent asunder, as you have prepared yourself to live in the forest and follow me.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)