Chapter 21 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 21.57

मिमां न कर्तुं सकलां यथावत्। स ह्यावयोस्तात गुरुर्नियोगे देव्याश्च भर्ता स गतिश्च धर्मः॥

mimāṃ na kartuṃ sakalāṃ yathāvat| sa hyāvayostāta gururniyoge devyāśca bhartā sa gatiśca dharmaḥ||

English Meaning

For this it is that I am unable to act against my father's vow, he is our father and therefore can command us both like a master; and he is the husband of this venerable one, therefore her stay and righteousness itself.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)