Chapter 21 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 21.41

सोऽहं न शक्ष्यामि पुनर्नियोगमतिवर्तितुम्। पितुर्हिवचनाद् वीर कैकेय्याहं प्रचोदितः॥

so'haṃ na śakṣyāmi punarniyogamativartitum| piturhivacanād vīra kaikeyyāhaṃ pracoditaḥ||

English Meaning

While I have been, Oh warrior, ordered by Kaikeyi at my father's words, I shall not be able to transgress those behest's again.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)