Ayodhyākānda - Canto 24

Finding Śrī Rāma firm in his obedience to the command of his parents, Kausalyā (Śrī Rāma’s mother) urges him to take her alongwith him. On being told, however, that it was incumbent on a matron whose husband was alive to remain with the latter and serve him, she consents to Śrī Rāma’s departure to the forest.