Chapter 60 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 60

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 60.4

बाष्पवेगोपहतया स वाचा सज्जमानया। इदमासयन् देवीं सूतः प्राञ्जलिरब्रवीत्॥ त्यज शोकं च मोहं च सम्भ्रंमं दुःखजं तथा। व्यवधूय च संतापं वने वत्स्यति राघवः॥

bāṣpavegopahatayā sa vācā sajjamānayā| idamāsayan devīṃ sūtaḥ prāñjalirabravīt|| tyaja śokaṃ ca mohaṃ ca sambhraṃmaṃ duḥkhajaṃ tathā| vyavadhūya ca saṃtāpaṃ vane vatsyati rāghavaḥ||

English Meaning

Thereat the cahrioteer with joined hands comforted that exalted lady with ready words faltering and choked with rising vapour, "Do you leave grief and sorrow and the violent emotion. Renouncing grief, Rāghava is living in the woods."

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)