Chapter 50 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 50

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 50.6

पुरा रामः पितुर्वाक्याद्दण्डके विजने वने। उषित्वा नव वर्षाणि पञ्च चैव महावने॥

purā rāmaḥ piturvākyāddaṇḍake vijane vane| uṣitvā nava varṣāṇi pañca caiva mahāvane||

English Meaning

Formerly did Rāma go through miserics, residing in the forest of Dandaka, at the command of his sire for fourteen years.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)