Chapter 30 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 30

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 30.9

स मामनादाय वनं न त्वं प्रस्थितुमर्हसि। तपो वा यदि वारण्यं स्वर्गो वा स्यात् त्वया सह ।।१०।

sa māmanādāya vanaṃ na tvaṃ prasthitumarhasi| tapo vā yadi vāraṇyaṃ svargo vā syāt tvayā saha ||10|

English Meaning

It does not behove you to repair to the forest without taking me along with you. Be it the austerity of an ascetic, the forest or heaven, with you will I be everywhere.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)