Chapter 41 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 41

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 41.6

अहो निश्चेतनो राजा जीवलोकस्य संक्षयम्। धर्म्यं सत्यव्रतं रामं वनवासे प्रवत्स्यति ॥

aho niścetano rājā jīvalokasya saṃkṣayam| dharmyaṃ satyavrataṃ rāmaṃ vanavāse pravatsyati ||

English Meaning

Ah! the senseless monarch is sending to the woods the stay of all creatures, the righteous and truthful Rāma.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)