Chapter 52 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 52

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 52.61

ततो वैखानसं मार्गमास्थितः सहलक्ष्मणः। व्रतमादिष्टवान् रामः सहायं गुहमब्रवीत्॥

tato vaikhānasaṃ mārgamāsthitaḥ sahalakṣmaṇaḥ| vratamādiṣṭavān rāmaḥ sahāyaṃ guhamabravīt||

English Meaning

Then entering upon the Vānaprastha mode of life, Rāma along with Lakşmaņa assuming the vow of that life, observed to that adherent of his, Guha.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)