Chapter 42 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 42.13

वाहनानां च मुख्यानां वहतां तं ममात्मजम्। पदानि पथि दृश्यन्ते स महात्मा न दृश्यते॥

vāhanānāṃ ca mukhyānāṃ vahatāṃ taṃ mamātmajam| padāni pathi dṛśyante sa mahātmā na dṛśyate||

English Meaning

On the way are traced the foot-prints of those foremost of bearers that are carrying my son away; but that magnanimous one I do not find.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)