Chapter 7 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 7

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 7.3

सत्यं तु प्रतिजानामि त्यज शोकमरिंदम। करिष्यामि तथा यत्नं यथा प्राप्स्यसि मैथिलीम्॥

satyaṃ tu pratijānāmi tyaja śokamariṃdama| kariṣyāmi tathā yatnaṃ yathā prāpsyasi maithilīm||

English Meaning

O vanquisher of foes, leave off sorrowing. I promise to you truly, I will exert so that you mayst obtain Maithilī.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)