Chapter 46 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 46

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 46.10

एवमुक्त्वा तु सौमित्रिं सुमन्त्रमपि राघवः। अप्रमत्तस्त्वमश्वेषु भव सौम्येत्युवाच ह॥

evamuktvā tu saumitriṃ sumantramapi rāghavaḥ| apramattastvamaśveṣu bhava saumyetyuvāca ha||

English Meaning

O Sumitrā's son, I will spend here this night, subsisting alone. Even this recommends itself to me, although the forest yields various kinds of fruits.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)