Chapter 21 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 21.50

यथैव ते पुत्र पिता तथाहं गुरुः स्वधर्मेण सुहृत्तया च। न त्वानुजानामि न मां विहाय सुदुःखितामर्हसि पुत्र गन्तुम् ॥

yathaiva te putra pitā tathāhaṃ guruḥ svadharmeṇa suhṛttayā ca| na tvānujānāmi na māṃ vihāya suduḥkhitāmarhasi putra gantum ||

English Meaning

I am equally worshipful to you, Oh my son, with your father, for like him have I brought you up with pains and like him do I love you. I shall not allow you to repair to the forest and it does not behove you to go leaving me behind sore distressed with grief.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)