Chapter 94 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 94

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 94.14

इदमेवामृतं प्राहू राज्ञि राजर्षयः परे। वनवासं भवार्थाय प्रेत्य मे प्रपितामहाः॥

idamevāmṛtaṃ prāhū rājñi rājarṣayaḥ pare| vanavāsaṃ bhavārthāya pretya me prapitāmahāḥ||

English Meaning

O queen, this abode in the forest like to ambrosia has been declared by those royal saints, my ancestors, as working out one's emancipation after death.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)