Chapter 21 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 21.28

नास्ति शक्तिः पितुर्वाक्यं समतिक्रमितुं मम। प्रसादये त्वां शिरसा गन्तुमिच्छाम्यहं वनम् ॥

nāsti śaktiḥ piturvākyaṃ samatikramituṃ mama| prasādaye tvāṃ śirasā gantumicchāmyahaṃ vanam ||

English Meaning

There is no power in me to transgress my father's behest's; bend low I my head to you, I want to proceed to the forest.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)