Chapter 33 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 33

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 33.16

यत्तदुक्तं त्वया वाक्यं प्रीत्या नृपतिसत्तम। तच्चेन्न वितथं कार्यं वनं गच्छतु राघवः॥

yattaduktaṃ tvayā vākyaṃ prītyā nṛpatisattama| taccenna vitathaṃ kāryaṃ vanaṃ gacchatu rāghavaḥ||

English Meaning

If you do not wish to falsify the vow (This refers to the vow which Dasaratha made to Kaikeyſ at the time of the war going on between the celestials and the Asuras) you made to me,O best of kings, let Rāma then repair to the forest.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)