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Quotation from The Ramayana by Valmiki
“The moon his beauty may forgo, The cold forsake the Hills of Snow, And Ocean o’er his banks may sweep, But I my father’s word will keep.”
The Ramayana, Book II, Canto CXII (The Sandals), trans. Ralph T. H. Griffith
Rama refuses Bharat's plea to return and rule; Bharat then asks for Rama's sandals to govern in his name.
Citation: "The moon his beauty may forgo, The cold forsake the Hills of Snow, And Ocean o’er his banks may sweep, But I my father’s word will keep." — Valmiki, The Ramayana, Book II, Canto CXII (The Sandals), trans. Ralph T. H. Griffith. (id ramayana-q3)
Portrait: Meeting of Rama and Parashurama, from the Mewar Ramayana, Manohar of Mewar, Public domain.
