Chapter 34 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 34

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 34.40

अर्थितो ह्यस्मि कैकेय्या वनं गच्छेति राघव। मया चोक्तं व्रजामीति तत्सत्यमनुपालये॥

arthito hyasmi kaikeyyā vanaṃ gaccheti rāghava| mayā coktaṃ vrajāmīti tatsatyamanupālaye||

English Meaning

Directed by Kaikeyi saying, 'Do you, O Rāghava, go to the forest,' I had said, 'I will go,', That promise I must accomplish.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)