Chapter 54 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 54

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 54.20

भगवत्रित आसन्नः पौरजानपदो जनः। सुदर्शमिह मां प्रेक्ष्य मन्येऽहमिममाश्रमम्॥ आगमिष्यति वैदेहीं मां चापि प्रेक्षको जनः। अनेन कारणेनाहमिह वासं न रोचये॥

bhagavatrita āsannaḥ paurajānapado janaḥ| sudarśamiha māṃ prekṣya manye'hamimamāśramam|| āgamiṣyati vaidehīṃ māṃ cāpi prekṣako janaḥ| anena kāraṇenāhamiha vāsaṃ na rocaye||

English Meaning

O reverend one, I apprehend that, living hard by, the inhabitants of the city and the provinces, thinking me as easily to be seen, will come to this asylum desirous of beholding me and Vaidehī. It is for this reason that living at this place does not recommended itself to me.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)