Chapter 18 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 18

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 18.20

प्रियं त्वामप्रियं वक्तुं वाणी नास्य प्रवर्तते। तदवश्यं त्वया कार्यं यदनेनाश्रुतं मम॥

priyaṃ tvāmapriyaṃ vaktuṃ vāṇī nāsya pravartate| tadavaśyaṃ tvayā kāryaṃ yadanenāśrutaṃ mama||

English Meaning

You are his most beloved son and word does not proceed from his mouth to speak you things unpleasant. But it behoves you to carry out what the monarch has promised to me.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)