Chapter 40 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 40

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 40.8

लक्ष्मणं त्वेवमुक्त्वासौ संसिद्धं प्रियराघवम्। सुमित्रा गच्छ गच्छेति पुनः पुनरुवाच तम्॥ राम दशरथं विद्धि मां विद्धि जनकात्मजाम्। अयोध्यामटवीं विद्धि गच्छ तात यथासुखम्॥

lakṣmaṇaṃ tvevamuktvāsau saṃsiddhaṃ priyarāghavam| sumitrā gaccha gaccheti punaḥ punaruvāca tam|| rāma daśarathaṃ viddhi māṃ viddhi janakātmajām| ayodhyāmaṭavīṃ viddhi gaccha tāta yathāsukham||

English Meaning

Do you consider Rāma as Daśaratha, and Janaka's own-begotten as myself; do you regard Ayodhyā as a wilderness, go my son, at your sweet pleasure. Having thus spoken to that dear descendant of Raghu, who had made up his mind (to journey to the forest), Sumitra again and again said to him, “Go! Go!"

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)