Chapter 52 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 52

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 52.12

निवर्तस्वेत्युवाचैनमेतावद्धि कृतं मम। रथं विहाय पद्भ्यां तु गमिष्यामो महावनम् ॥

nivartasvetyuvācainametāvaddhi kṛtaṃ mama| rathaṃ vihāya padbhyāṃ tu gamiṣyāmo mahāvanam ||

English Meaning

“Do you” said he to the charioteer, "turn back, So far I have come (in obedience to the order of the monarch.) Now, renouncing the car, will I repair to the mighty forest on foot."

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)