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Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 19 Shloka 23
Original Shloka
अनुक्तोऽप्यत्रभवता भवत्या वचनादहम्। वने वत्स्यामि विजने वर्षाणीह चतुर्दश।।2.19.23।।
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset

English Translation

अहम् I, अत्र भवता by this venerable (father), अनुक्तोपि even without being told, भवत्याः your, वचनात् by your word, इह now, चतुर्दश वर्षाणि fourteen years, विजने solitary, वने in the forest, वत्स्यामि will live.

English Commentary

Though this has not been said by my respectable father himself, I shall live in the forlorn forest for fourteen years in accordance with your word.