Chapter 12 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 12.43

भवत्वधर्मो धर्मो वा सत्यं वा यदि वानृतम्। यत्त्वया संश्रुतं मह्यं तस्य नास्ति व्यतिक्रमः॥

bhavatvadharmo dharmo vā satyaṃ vā yadi vānṛtam| yattvayā saṃśrutaṃ mahyaṃ tasya nāsti vyatikramaḥ||

English Meaning

Whether what I have proposed be righteous or otherwise, whether you have promised truly or falsely, swerve not from your word.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)