Chapter 52 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 52

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 52.47

तव शुश्रूषणं मूर्धा करिष्यामि वने वसन्। अयोध्यां देवलोकं वा सर्वथा प्रजहाम्यहम्॥

tava śuśrūṣaṇaṃ mūrdhā kariṣyāmi vane vasan| ayodhyāṃ devalokaṃ vā sarvathā prajahāmyaham||

English Meaning

Living in the forest, I will serve you with the crown of my head; and I will entirely renounce Ayodhyā or the celestial regions themselves.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)