Chapter 66 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 66

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 66.15

स हि नाथः स चास्माकं तव च प्रभुरात्मवान्। वनं रामो गतः श्रीमान् विहाय नृपतिश्रियम्॥

sa hi nāthaḥ sa cāsmākaṃ tava ca prabhurātmavān| vanaṃ rāmo gataḥ śrīmān vihāya nṛpatiśriyam||

English Meaning

That one of free soul is our master, as he is the lord of yourself. Rāma has gone to the woods, forsaking regal dignity.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)