Chapter 52 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 52

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 52.58

नेदानी गुह योग्योऽयं वासो मे सजने वने। अवश्यमाश्रमे वासः कर्तव्यस्तद्गतो विधिः॥

nedānī guha yogyo'yaṃ vāso me sajane vane| avaśyamāśrame vāsaḥ kartavyastadgato vidhiḥ||

English Meaning

O Guha, I should not now reside in a forest inhabited by men. I should certainly now abide in an asylum in proper guise.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)