Chapter 60 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 60

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 60.20

विधूय शोकं परिहृष्टमानसा महर्षियाते पथि सुव्यवस्थिताः। वने रता वन्यफलाशनाः पितुः शुभां प्रतिज्ञा प्रतिपालयन्ति ते॥

vidhūya śokaṃ parihṛṣṭamānasā maharṣiyāte pathi suvyavasthitāḥ| vane ratā vanyaphalāśanāḥ pituḥ śubhāṃ pratijñā pratipālayanti te||

English Meaning

Renouncing grief and with cheerful hearts, well established in the life led by the Maharşis, they living in the forest on wild fruits as their sustenance, are maintaining the noble promise of their sire.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)