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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.104.18

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 104: Bharata receives Rāma’s sandals. Rāma steps into the gold-adorned sandals and returns them, Bharata circles him and prepares to depart

In the sequence: he repeats that he will not break the promise and asks Bharata to treat Kaikeyī as his mother despite what happened

2.104.18

lakṣmīś candrād apeyād vā himavān vā himaṃ tyajet
atīyāt sāgaro velāṃ na pratijñām ahaṃ pituḥ

Sooner might radiance depart from the moon, or the Himālaya forsake its snow, or the ocean overpass its shore, than I my father's promise.

Words: lakṣmīś — radiance, splendor; candrād — from the moon; apeyād — might depart; vā — or; himavān — the Himālaya; vā — or; himaṃ — snow; tyajet — might forsake; atīyāt — might overpass; sāgaro — the ocean; velāṃ — the shore, bound; na — not; pratijñām — the promise; ahaṃ — I; pituḥ — of the father

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.