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)