Chapter 12 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 12.10

कौसल्यां च सुमित्रां च त्यजेयमपि वा श्रियम्॥ जीवितं चात्मना रामं नत्वेव पितृवत्सलम्।

kausalyāṃ ca sumitrāṃ ca tyajeyamapi vā śriyam|| jīvitaṃ cātmanā rāmaṃ natveva pitṛvatsalam|

English Meaning

I may renounce Kausalyā or Sumitrā or the kingdom, or life itself; but Rāma, filled with affection for his father, will I not renounce.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)