Chapter 21 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 21.3

यदीदं ते क्षमं राजन् गमिष्यामि यथागतम्। मिथ्याप्रतिज्ञः काकुत्स्थ सुखी भव सुहृद्वृतः॥

yadīdaṃ te kṣamaṃ rājan gamiṣyāmi yathāgatam| mithyāpratijñaḥ kākutstha sukhī bhava suhṛdvṛtaḥ||

English Meaning

If, O king, in acting thus, you have acted properly, I will then repair to the place whence I had come. O Kākutstha's descendant false in promise, do you attain happiness, being surrounded by your friends.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)