Valmiki Ramayana Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 67 Shloka 37
Original Shlokaजीवत्यपि महाराजे तवैव वचनं वयम्। नातिक्रमामहे सर्वे वेलां प्राप्येव सागरः।।2.67.37।।
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महाराजे when the great king, जीवत्यपि was alive also, वयम् we, सर्वे all, सागरः sea, वेलाम् shore, प्राप्येव after reaching, तव your, वचनमेव words, नातिक्रमामहे never overstepped.
Even while the great king was alive, we never defied your word like the ocean which does not overstep its shore.