Chapter 88 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 88

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 88.20

तस्याहमुत्तरं कालं निवत्स्यामि सुखं वने। तत् प्रतिश्रुतमार्यस्य नैव मिथ्या भविष्यति॥

tasyāhamuttaraṃ kālaṃ nivatsyāmi sukhaṃ vane| tat pratiśrutamāryasya naiva mithyā bhaviṣyati||

English Meaning

And for his sake I will in future live happily in the woods. (By my doing so), the promise of that high-minded one shall not be rendered null.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)