Chapter 38 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 38

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 38.4

इयं हि कस्यापि करोति किंचित् तपस्विनी राजवरस्य पुत्री। या चीरमासाद्य वनस्य मध्ये जाता विसंज्ञा श्रमणीव काचित्॥

iyaṃ hi kasyāpi karoti kiṃcit tapasvinī rājavarasya putrī| yā cīramāsādya vanasya madhye jātā visaṃjñā śramaṇīva kācit||

English Meaning

Whom has this one injured that, being the daughter of the foremost of kings, she like a female ascetic, wearing a meagre garb in the presence of all, will (repair to the woods and) remain there like a beggar destitute of everything?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)