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Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 29 Shloka 13
Original Shloka
कन्यया च पितुर्गेहे वनवास श्शृतो मया। भिक्षिण्या स्साधुवृत्ताया मम मातुरिहाग्रतः।।2.29.13।।
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset

English Translation

पितुः father's, गेहे in the house, कन्यया when I was young, मया by me, मम मातुः my mother's, अग्रतः in the presence, साधुवृत्तायाः a saint, भिक्षिण्या a female mendicant, इह in this world, वनवासः forest life, श्रुतः heard.

English Commentary

When I was young in my father's house, a holy female mendicant foretold in the presence of my mother that I would dwell in the forest (in this life).