Chapter 5 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 5

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 5.23

गुरुणा त्वभ्यनुज्ञातो मनुजौघं विसृज्य तम्। विवेशान्तःपुरं राजा सिंहो गिरिगुहामिव ॥

guruṇā tvabhyanujñāto manujaughaṃ visṛjya tam| viveśāntaḥpuraṃ rājā siṃho giriguhāmiva ||

English Meaning

Then with the permission of his spiritual guide, leaving that assembly of men, the monarch entered his inner apartment like a lion entering his den.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)