Chapter 52 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 52

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 52.41

तन्न शक्ष्याम्यहं गन्तुमयोध्यां त्वदृतेऽनघ। वनवासानुयानाय मामनुज्ञातुमर्हसि॥

tanna śakṣyāmyahaṃ gantumayodhyāṃ tvadṛte'nagha| vanavāsānuyānāya māmanujñātumarhasi||

English Meaning

Therefore, O şinless one, I shall not be able to go to Ayodhyā without you; and it behoves you to permit me to follow you to the forest.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)