Chapter 109 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 109

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 109.23

कथं ह्यहं प्रतिज्ञाय वनवासमिमं गुरोः। भरतस्य करिष्यामि वचो हित्वा गुरोर्वचः॥

kathaṃ hyahaṃ pratijñāya vanavāsamimaṃ guroḥ| bharatasya kariṣyāmi vaco hitvā gurorvacaḥ||

English Meaning

How, after having promised to my superior this exile of mine, shall I act up to Bharata's words, setting aside those of my superior?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)