Chapter 45 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 45

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 45.15

धर्मतः स विशुद्धात्मा वीरः शुभदृढव्रतः। उपवाह्यस्तु वो भर्ता नापवाह्यः पुराद् वनम्॥

dharmataḥ sa viśuddhātmā vīraḥ śubhadṛḍhavrataḥ| upavāhyastu vo bhartā nāpavāhyaḥ purād vanam||

English Meaning

Pure of spirit and heroic and ever firm in noble promises, that master of yours should in justice be carried (to the city) and not to the forest away from it.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)