नहि प्रतिज्ञां कुर्वन्ति वितथा सत्यवादिनः। लक्षणं हि महत्त्वस्य प्रतिज्ञापरिपालनम्॥ नैराश्यमुपगन्तुं च नालं ते मत्कृतेऽनघ। वधेन रावणस्याद्य प्रतिज्ञामनुपालय॥
nahi pratijñāṃ kurvanti vitathā satyavādinaḥ| lakṣaṇaṃ hi mahattvasya pratijñāparipālanam|| nairāśyamupagantuṃ ca nālaṃ te matkṛte'nagha| vadhena rāvaṇasyādya pratijñāmanupālaya||
English Meaning
Those speaking the truth, never falsify their promise: the mark of a great one is even observance of vow. O sinless one, do not suffer yourself to be overcome by despair on my account. Do you today by slaying Rāvaņa, make your promise good.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)