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)