But, O subduer of enemies, if truthfulness be virtue, are you not bound by that departing from which the king lost his life?* *Explains the commentator, 'King Dasaratha lost his life, because he did not observe his word of installing you in the kingdom. Are you not bound by his word as well?'
अथ चेत्सत्यवचनं धर्मः किल परंतप। अनृतं त्वथ्यकरणे किं न बद्धस्त्वया विना॥