Chapter 78 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 78

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 78.2

गतिर्यः सर्वभूतानां दुःखे किं पुनरात्मनः। स रामः सत्त्वसम्पन्नः स्त्रिया प्रव्राजितो वनम् ॥

gatiryaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ duḥkhe kiṃ punarātmanaḥ| sa rāmaḥ sattvasampannaḥ striyā pravrājito vanam ||

English Meaning

Need it be said that Rāma is the refuge both of himself and all creatures in trouble? That Rāma possessed of strength has been exiled into the woods by a woman!

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)