Chapter 19 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 19

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 19.20

यत् तत्र भवतः किंचिच्छक्यं कर्तुं प्रियं मया। प्राणानपि परित्यज्य सर्वथा कृतमेव तत्॥

yat tatra bhavataḥ kiṃcicchakyaṃ kartuṃ priyaṃ mayā| prāṇānapi parityajya sarvathā kṛtameva tat||

English Meaning

If I can, even at the sacrifice of my own life, satisfy my worshipful father, rest assured it is to be done first in all manner.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)