Chapter 113 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 113

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 113.10

पितुः प्रतिज्ञां तामेव पालयिष्यामि तत्त्वतः। चतुर्दश हि वर्षाणि या प्रतिज्ञा पितुर्मम ॥

pituḥ pratijñāṃ tāmeva pālayiṣyāmi tattvataḥ| caturdaśa hi varṣāṇi yā pratijñā piturmama ||

English Meaning

I would faithfully perform my father's promise for fourteen years; for even this is the promise of my father.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)