Chapter 34 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 34

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 34.23

भवान् वर्षसहस्राय पृथिव्या नृपते पतिः। अहं त्वरण्ये वत्स्यामि न मे राज्यस्य कासिता ।।२८।

bhavān varṣasahasrāya pṛthivyā nṛpate patiḥ| ahaṃ tvaraṇye vatsyāmi na me rājyasya kāsitā ||28|

English Meaning

O king, do you rule this earth for a thousand years, I will reside in the forest. I do not wish for the kingdom.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)