Chapter 58 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 58

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 58.5

यं यान्तमनुयान्ति स्म पदातिरथकुञ्जराः। स वत्स्यति कथं रामो विजनं वनमाश्रितः॥

yaṃ yāntamanuyānti sma padātirathakuñjarāḥ| sa vatsyati kathaṃ rāmo vijanaṃ vanamāśritaḥ||

English Meaning

How is Rāma passing his days in the lone forest, he who when he went out used to be followed by foot-men and elephants?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)