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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.46.44

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 46: Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā. He sends Sumantra back as proof of departure, forms matted locks with banyan sap and crosses while Sītā prays

In the sequence: he offers to serve them in the forest and bring them home when the exile ends

2.46.44

na hi śakyā praveṣṭuṃ sā mayāyodhyā tvayā vinā
rājadhānī mahendrasya yathā duṣkṛtakarmaṇā

'For that Ayodhyā cannot be entered by me without you, any more than the capital of great Indra can be entered by an evildoer.'

Words: na hi — for not; śakyā — able (to be); praveṣṭuṃ — to be entered; sā — that; mayāyodhyā — by me, Ayodhyā; tvayā vinā — without you; rājadhānī — the capital; mahendrasya — of great Indra; yathā — as; duṣkṛtakarmaṇā — by an evildoer

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.