Valmiki Ramayana 2.46.10

2.46.10

na manye brahmacarye 'sti svadhīte vā phalodayaḥ
mārdavārjavayor vāpi tvāṃ ced vyasanam āgatam

Sumantra, when, with grieving heart,
He heard the hero bid him part,
Thus to the bravest of the brave,
Ikshváku's son, his answer gave:
'In all the world men tell of naught,
To match thy deed, by heroes wrought--
Thus with thy brother and thy wife
Thrall-like to lead a forest life.
No meet reward of fruit repays
Thy holy lore, thy saintlike days,
Thy tender soul, thy love of truth,
If woe like this afflicts thy youth.
Thou, roaming under forest boughs