Chapter 24 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 24

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 24.14

मया चैव भवत्या च कर्तव्यं वचनं पितुः। राजा भर्ता गुरुः श्रेष्ठः सर्वेषामीश्वरः प्रभुः॥

mayā caiva bhavatyā ca kartavyaṃ vacanaṃ pituḥ| rājā bhartā guruḥ śreṣṭhaḥ sarveṣāmīśvaraḥ prabhuḥ||

English Meaning

“Proper it is both for you and me to carry out father's words” he is your husband, and my best preceptor and the lord and master of all people.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)