Valmiki Ramayana Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 29 Shloka 8
Original Shlokaअथ चापि महाप्राज्ञ ब्राह्मणानां मया श्रुतम्। पुरा पितृगृहे सत्यं वस्तव्यं किल मे वने।।2.29.8।।
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English Translation
महाप्राज्ञ O Sagacious one, अथ चापि moreover, पुरा formerly, पितृगृहे at my father's house, मया by me, ब्राह्माणानाम् brahmins' (word), श्रुतम् has been heard, मे about me, सत्यम् in sooth, वने in the forest, वस्तव्यं किल to dwell certainly.
English Commentary
O highly sagacious Rama I had also heard in my father's house long ago, from brahmins prophesing that some day I shall have certainly to dwell in the forest.