Chapter 30 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 30

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 30.29

एष धर्मश्च सुश्रोणि पितुर्मातुश्च वश्यता। आज्ञां चाहं व्यतिक्रम्य नाहं जीवितुमुत्सहे॥

eṣa dharmaśca suśroṇi piturmātuśca vaśyatā| ājñāṃ cāhaṃ vyatikramya nāhaṃ jīvitumutsahe||

English Meaning

Obedience to his parents is the virtue of a son. Disobeying the command of my father I am not eager to live. we

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)