Chapter 40 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 40

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 40.21

आयसं हृदयं नूनं राममातुरसंशयम्। यद् देवगर्भप्रतिमे वनं याति न भिद्यते॥

āyasaṃ hṛdayaṃ nūnaṃ rāmamāturasaṃśayam| yad devagarbhapratime vanaṃ yāti na bhidyate||

English Meaning

Surely the heart of Rāma's mother is made of iron, for it does not burst on witnessing her son resembling Skanda repairing to the forest.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)