नहि मिथ्या प्रतिज्ञातं करिष्यति तवानघः। श्रीमान् दशरथो राजा देवि राजीवलोचनः॥ ज्येष्ठो वदान्यः कर्मण्यः स्वधर्मस्यापि रक्षिता। रक्षिता जीवलोकस्य बली रामोऽभिषिच्यताम्॥ परिवादो हि ते देवि महाँल्लोके चरिष्यति। यदि रामो वनं याति विहाय पितरं नृपम्॥
nahi mithyā pratijñātaṃ kariṣyati tavānaghaḥ| śrīmān daśaratho rājā devi rājīvalocanaḥ|| jyeṣṭho vadānyaḥ karmaṇyaḥ svadharmasyāpi rakṣitā| rakṣitā jīvalokasya balī rāmo'bhiṣicyatām|| parivādo hi te devi mahā~lloke cariṣyati| yadi rāmo vanaṃ yāti vihāya pitaraṃ nṛpam||
English Meaning
That sinless one will not for certain give práctical effect to the promise jestingly made by you. ) worshipful one, king Dasaratha is graceful, being furnished with eyes resembling lotuses. Let him install his eldest son, Rāma generous and able, maintaining his own religion, the protector of all men and endued with might. O revered lady, great is the obloquy that will spread concerning you, if leaving his royal father, Rāma repair to the forest.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)