Chapter 82 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 82

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 82.14

यद्धि मात्रा कृतं पापं नाहं तदपि रोचये। इहस्थो वनदुर्गस्थं नमस्यामि कृताञ्जलिः॥

yaddhi mātrā kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ nāhaṃ tadapi rocaye| ihastho vanadurgasthaṃ namasyāmi kṛtāñjaliḥ||

English Meaning

I do not at all relish the sin that has been committed by mother. Remaining here with joined hands I bow down to Rāma gone to the forest fastness.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)