Chapter 101 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 101

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 101.24

यदब्रवीन्मां नरलोकसत्कृतः पिता महात्मा विबुधाधिपोपमः। तदेव मन्ये परमात्मनो हितं न सर्वलोकेश्वरभावमव्ययम्॥

yadabravīnmāṃ naralokasatkṛtaḥ pitā mahātmā vibudhādhipopamaḥ| tadeva manye paramātmano hitaṃ na sarvalokeśvarabhāvamavyayam||

English Meaning

What has been assigned to me by that one respected by all men, my high-souled father resembling the lord of celestials himself, is my prime good; the masterdom of all the worlds I would decline (should it be opposed to the will of my sire).

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)