Chapter 38 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 38

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 38.10

प्रतिज्ञातं मया तावत् त्वयोक्तं देवि शृण्वता। रामं यदभिषेकाय त्वमिहागतमब्रवीः॥

pratijñātaṃ mayā tāvat tvayoktaṃ devi śṛṇvatā| rāmaṃ yadabhiṣekāya tvamihāgatamabravīḥ||

English Meaning

O noble dame, having heard you asking for the banishment of Rāma, who had at first been intended by me for being installed, and who came here afterwards, I had promised you (his exile alone.)

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)