Ayodhya Kanda 38.18
Valmiki Ramayanam (IIT Kanpur) · Ayodhya Kanda 38 · Verse 18
Sanskrit Original
इमां महेंन्द्रोपम जातगर्धिनीं तथा विधातुं जननीं ममार्हसि। यथा वनस्थे मयि शोककर्शिता न जीवितं न्यस्य यमक्षयं व्रजेत्।।
imāṅ mahēṅndrōpama! jātagardhinīṅ tathā vidhātuṅ jananīṅ mamārhasi. yathā vanasthē mayi śōkakarśitā na jīvitaṅ nyasya yamakṣayaṅ vrajēt৷৷
You are powerful like Indra.You should act accordingly so that my mother who has a possesive feeling towards her son should not, due to emaciation go to the abode of Yama after my departure for the forest. इत्यार्षे श्रीमद्रामायणे वाल्मीकीय आदिकाव्ये अयोध्याकाण्डे अष्टत्रिंशस्सर्गः।। Thus ends the thirtyeighth sarga of Ayodhyakanda of the holy Ramayana, the first epic composed by sage Valmiki.