Ayodhya Kanda 28.16
Valmiki Ramayanam (IIT Kanpur) · Ayodhya Kanda 28 · Verse 16
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Sanskrit Original
उपहारश्च कर्तव्यः कुसुमै स्स्वयमाहृतैः। आर्षेण विधिना वेद्यां बाले दुःखमतो वनम्।।
apahāraśca kartavyaḥ kusumai ssvayamāhṛtaiḥ. ārṣēṇa vidhinā vēdyāṅ bālē! duḥkhamatō vanam৷৷
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Flowers collected with one's own hands, O innocent one, should be offered on the altar as per injunction of the Vedas. Therefore (life in the) forest is difficult.