Chapter 97 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 97

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 97.20

इमां चाप्येष वैदेहीमत्यन्तसुखसेविनीम्। पिता मे राघवः श्रीमान् वनादादाय यास्यति॥

imāṃ cāpyeṣa vaidehīmatyantasukhasevinīm| pitā me rāghavaḥ śrīmān vanādādāya yāsyati||

English Meaning

Or it may be that graceful descendant of Raghu, my father, will go away, taking form the forest Videha's daughter brought up in the lap of luxury.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)