Chapter 34 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 34

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 34.29

दुष्करं क्रियते पुत्र सर्वथा राघव प्रिय। त्वया हि मत्प्रियार्थं तु वनमेवमुपाश्रितम्॥

duṣkaraṃ kriyate putra sarvathā rāghava priya| tvayā hi matpriyārthaṃ tu vanamevamupāśritam||

English Meaning

O son, O beloved Rāghava, difficult is the task that you are going to perform, for compassing my good in the next world, you are ready to repair to the very woods!

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)