Chapter 53 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 53

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 53.12

स हि राज्यस्य सर्वस्य सुखमेकं भविष्यति। ताते तु वयसातीते मयि चारण्यमाश्रिते॥

sa hi rājyasya sarvasya sukhamekaṃ bhaviṣyati| tāte tu vayasātīte mayi cāraṇyamāśrite||

English Meaning

Now that our father has grown old and I have taken refuge in the forest, he will alone experience the supreme felicity in the kingdom.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)