Chapter 13 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 13

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 13.6

कैकेय्याः प्रियकामेन रामः प्रव्राजितो वनम्। यदि सत्यं ब्रवीम्येतत् तदसत्यं भविष्यति॥

kaikeyyāḥ priyakāmena rāmaḥ pravrājito vanam| yadi satyaṃ bravīmyetat tadasatyaṃ bhaviṣyati||

English Meaning

If I shall truthfully say I have sent Rāma to the woods for compassing Kaikeyi's pleasure, that will count for a falsehood.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)