पितुर्वचननिर्देशात् पितुर्वचनगौरवात्। वचनं कौशिकस्येति कर्तव्यमविशङ्कया॥ अनुशिष्टोऽस्म्ययोध्यायां गुरुमध्ये महात्मना। पित्रा दशरथेनाहं नावज्ञेयं हि तद्वचः॥
piturvacananirdeśāt piturvacanagauravāt| vacanaṃ kauśikasyeti kartavyamaviśaṅkayā|| anuśiṣṭo'smyayodhyāyāṃ gurumadhye mahātmanā| pitrā daśarathenāhaṃ nāvajñeyaṃ hi tadvacaḥ||
English Meaning
In accordance with the desire of my sire, and in order to glorify it, I ought fearlessly to do even as Kusika's son says. And having been desired to that end while at Ayodhyā by that high-souled one, my father Dasaratha, in the midst of the spiritual guides, I ought not to pass by your words.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)