Chapter 21 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 21.2

पूर्वमर्थं प्रतिश्रुत्य प्रतिज्ञां हातुमिच्छसि। राघवाणामयुक्तोऽयं कुलस्यास्य विपर्यय॥

pūrvamarthaṃ pratiśrutya pratijñāṃ hātumicchasi| rāghavāṇāmayukto'yaṃ kulasyāsya viparyaya||

English Meaning

Having promised me first, you endeavour to renounce that proinise of yours. This surely is unworthy of a descendant of Raghu, and this can bring destruction upon the dynasty.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)