Chapter 54 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 54

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 54.13

पित्रा नियुक्ता भगवन् प्रवेक्ष्यामस्तपोवनम्। धर्ममेवाचरिष्यामस्तत्र मूलफलाशनाः॥

pitrā niyuktā bhagavan pravekṣyāmastapovanam| dharmamevācariṣyāmastatra mūlaphalāśanāḥ||

English Meaning

O revered one, commissioned by my father, I will enter the forest of asceticism, and there subsisting on fruits and roots will practise virtue.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)