Chapter 39 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 39

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 39.33

अम्ब मा दुःखिता भूत्वा पश्येस्त्वं पितरं मम। क्षयोऽपि वनवासस्य क्षिप्रमेव भविष्यति॥

amba mā duḥkhitā bhūtvā paśyestvaṃ pitaraṃ mama| kṣayo'pi vanavāsasya kṣiprameva bhaviṣyati||

English Meaning

O mother, without indulging in grief, you should minister to my father, and the term of my abode in the woods will shortly expire.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)