Chapter 96 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 96

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 96.24

शराणां धनुषश्चाहमनृणोऽस्मिन् महावने। ससैन्यं भरतं हत्वा भविष्यामि न संशयः॥

śarāṇāṃ dhanuṣaścāhamanṛṇo'smin mahāvane| sasainyaṃ bharataṃ hatvā bhaviṣyāmi na saṃśayaḥ||

English Meaning

I will, without doubt, in this forest pay the debt I owe to my bow and arrows, by slaying Bharata together with all his forces.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)