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)