Chapter 34 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 34

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 34.33

प्राप्स्यामि यानद्य गुणान् को मे श्वस्तान् प्रदास्यति। अपक्रमणमेवातः सर्वकामैरहं वृणे॥

prāpsyāmi yānadya guṇān ko me śvastān pradāsyati| apakramaṇamevātaḥ sarvakāmairahaṃ vṛṇe||

English Meaning

Who will confer on me the merit to-morrow that I shall reap by going to-day? Therefore, I prefer even the journey to the woods to enjoying comforts here.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)