Chapter 42 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 42.17

सा नूनं जनकस्येष्टा सुता सुखसदोचिता। कण्टकाक्रमणक्लान्ता वनमद्य गमिष्यति॥

sā nūnaṃ janakasyeṣṭā sutā sukhasadocitā| kaṇṭakākramaṇaklāntā vanamadya gamiṣyati||

English Meaning

That one so dearly loved by Janaka, worthy of being constantly ministered to with comforts, is to-day going to the forest, fatigued in consequence of having been pierced with thorns.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)