Chapter 5 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 5

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 5.2

गच्छोपवासं काकुत्स्थं कारयाद्य तपोधन। श्रेयसे राज्यलाभाय वध्वा सह यतव्रत॥

gacchopavāsaṃ kākutsthaṃ kārayādya tapodhana| śreyase rājyalābhāya vadhvā saha yatavrata||

English Meaning

O you, having asceticism for your wealth, go, to Kākutstha, and for his welfare and obtaining the kingdom, make him fast along with my daughter-in-law.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)