Chapter 34 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 34

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 34.49

फलानि मूलानि च भक्षयन् वने गिरीश्च पश्यन् सरितः सरांसि च। वनं प्रविश्यैव विचित्रपादपं सुखी भविष्यामि तवास्तु निर्वृतिः॥

phalāni mūlāni ca bhakṣayan vane girīśca paśyan saritaḥ sarāṃsi ca| vanaṃ praviśyaiva vicitrapādapaṃ sukhī bhaviṣyāmi tavāstu nirvṛtiḥ||

English Meaning

Living upon fruits and roots in the forest, and surveying mountains and tanks and streams and graceful trees, I shall be happy on entering the forest. Do you cease to lament.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)