Chapter 46 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 46

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 46.4

अद्यायोध्या तु नगरी राजधानी पितुर्मम। सस्त्रीपुंसा गतानस्माञ्छोचिष्यति न संशयः॥

adyāyodhyā tu nagarī rājadhānī piturmama| sastrīpuṃsā gatānasmāñchociṣyati na saṃśayaḥ||

English Meaning

Doubtless to-day the men and women of Ayodhyā, the metropolis of my father, are bewailing us retired to the forest.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)