Chapter 45 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 45

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 45.4

स याच्यमानः काकुत्स्थस्ताभिः प्रकृतिभिस्तदा। कुर्वाणः पितरं सत्यं वनमेवान्वपद्यत॥

sa yācyamānaḥ kākutsthastābhiḥ prakṛtibhistadā| kurvāṇaḥ pitaraṃ satyaṃ vanamevānvapadyata||

English Meaning

Although besought by the subjects, the truthful Käkutstha having pledged his word to his father, kept on going to the forest.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)