Chapter 18 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 18

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 18.30

यदि सत्यप्रतिज्ञं त्वं पितरं कर्तुमिच्छसि। आत्मानं च नर श्रेष्ठ मम वाक्यमिदं शृणु॥

yadi satyapratijñaṃ tvaṃ pitaraṃ kartumicchasi| ātmānaṃ ca nara śreṣṭha mama vākyamidaṃ śṛṇu||

English Meaning

Oh you best among men, if do you wish to keep your father's vows as well as yours, hear what I say.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)