Chapter 109 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 109

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 109.7

कस्य यास्याम्यहं वृत्तं केन वा स्वर्गमाप्नुयाम्। अनया वर्तमानोऽहं वृत्त्या हीनप्रतिज्ञया॥

kasya yāsyāmyahaṃ vṛttaṃ kena vā svargamāpnuyām| anayā vartamāno'haṃ vṛttyā hīnapratijñayā||

English Meaning

Whose is this course (that you asked me to follow)? And by what way shall I attain heaven, by following the present course, which would make me give up my vow?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)