Chapter 33 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 33

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 33.19

वनं नगरमेवास्तु येन गच्छति राघवः। अस्माभिश्च परित्यक्तं पुरं सम्पद्यतां वनम्॥

vanaṃ nagaramevāstu yena gacchati rāghavaḥ| asmābhiśca parityaktaṃ puraṃ sampadyatāṃ vanam||

English Meaning

Let the forest to which Rāghava repairs resemble a city, and let this city renounced by as be converted into a wilderness.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)