Chapter 34 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 34

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 34.35

अहं निदेशं भवतो यथोक्तमनुपालयन् ॥ चतुर्दश समा वत्स्ये वने वनचरैः सह। मा विमर्शो वसुमती भरताय प्रदीयताम्॥

ahaṃ nideśaṃ bhavato yathoktamanupālayan || caturdaśa samā vatsye vane vanacaraiḥ saha| mā vimarśo vasumatī bharatāya pradīyatām||

English Meaning

Obeying the mandate that you have issued, I will dwell in the forest for fourteen years in the company of the rangers of the woods. Do you without feeling any compunction confer the earth on Bharata.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)