Chapter 30 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 30

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 30.35

स मा पिता यथा शास्ति सत्यधर्मपथे स्थितः। तथा वर्तितुमिच्छामि स हि धर्मः सनातनः॥

sa mā pitā yathā śāsti satyadharmapathe sthitaḥ| tathā vartitumicchāmi sa hi dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ||

English Meaning

Therefore do I desire to follow what my father commands me, treading in the path of truth, and this is the virtue eternal.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)