Chapter 50 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 50

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 50.25

कुशचीराजिनधरं फलमूलाशनं च माम्। विद्धि प्रणिहितं धर्मे तापसं वनगोचरम्॥

kuśacīrājinadharaṃ phalamūlāśanaṃ ca mām| viddhi praṇihitaṃ dharme tāpasaṃ vanagocaram||

English Meaning

Do you know me as assuming an ascetic mode of life in the woods, in which I am to wear Kusa and bark and live upon fruits and roots.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)