Chapter 21 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 21.8

प्रतिश्रुत्य करिष्येति उक्तं वाक्यमकुर्वतः। इष्टापूर्तवधो भूयात् तस्माद् रामं विसर्जय॥

pratiśrutya kariṣyeti uktaṃ vākyamakurvataḥ| iṣṭāpūrtavadho bhūyāt tasmād rāmaṃ visarjaya||

English Meaning

If having promised, I will do so, you do not act up to your word, the merit you have achieved by digging tanks, shall come to naught, therefore do you renounce Rāma!

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)