Chapter 40 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 40

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 40.11

चतुर्दश हि वर्षाणि वस्तव्यानि वने त्वया। तान्युपक्रमितव्यानि यानि देव्या प्रचोदितः॥

caturdaśa hi varṣāṇi vastavyāni vane tvayā| tānyupakramitavyāni yāni devyā pracoditaḥ||

English Meaning

You will have to spend fourteen years in the forest, and your stay must commence from this very day. So the noble lady has ordered.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)