Chapter 43 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 43

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 43.5

पातयित्वा तु कैकेय्या रामं स्थानाद् यथेष्टतः। प्रविद्धो रक्षसां भागः पर्वणावाहिताग्निना॥ नागराजगतिर्वीरो महाबाहुर्धनुर्धरः। वनमाविशते नूनं सभार्यः सहलक्ष्मणः॥

pātayitvā tu kaikeyyā rāmaṃ sthānād yatheṣṭataḥ| praviddho rakṣasāṃ bhāgaḥ parvaṇāvāhitāgninā|| nāgarājagatirvīro mahābāhurdhanurdharaḥ| vanamāviśate nūnaṃ sabhāryaḥ sahalakṣmaṇaḥ||

English Meaning

Like to the sacrificial share cast to the Rākşasas by the sacrificers on the occasions of Parvas that wielder of the bow, the mightyarmed Rāma, gifted with the gait of the prince of elephants, cast off by Kaikeyī, takes refuge in the forest in company with his wife and Laks mana.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)