Chapter 63 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 63

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 63.3

अवश्यं करणीयं च शासनं पुरुषर्षभ। तव चैव महाभाग शासनं दुरतिक्रमम्॥

avaśyaṃ karaṇīyaṃ ca śāsanaṃ puruṣarṣabha| tava caiva mahābhāga śāsanaṃ duratikramam||

English Meaning

I must, O best of men, do your behest: for, O exalted one, your mandate can never be passed by me.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)