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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.103.11

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 103: Bharata attempts a fast. He spreads grass and refuses to leave, then offers to serve the exile himself, Rāma rejects substitution and promises to rule after fourteen years

In the sequence: Rāma replies that he can never fully repay his parents' care and will not invalidate the command he accepted from his father

2.103.11

sa hi rājā janayitā pitā daśaratho mama
ājñātaṃ yan mayā tasya na tan mithyā bhaviṣyati

For that King Daśaratha is my father who begot me; what has been commanded by him and accepted by me shall not be made false.

Words: sa — that; hi — for; rājā — king; janayitā — the begetter; pitā — father; daśaratho — Daśaratha; mama — my; ājñātaṃ — what was commanded; yan — which; mayā — by me (accepted); tasya — his; na — not; tan — that; mithyā — false; bhaviṣyati — will become

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.