Chapter 85 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 85

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 85.10

तं निवर्तयितुं यामि काकुत्स्थं वनवासिनम्। बुद्धिरन्या न मे कार्या गुह सत्यं ब्रवीमि ते॥

taṃ nivartayituṃ yāmi kākutsthaṃ vanavāsinam| buddhiranyā na me kāryā guha satyaṃ bravīmi te||

English Meaning

I go to make Kākutstha dwelling in the woods, turn back. Other intention cherish I none. O Guha, this I tell you truly.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)