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)