Valmiki Ramayana Sundara Kanda Sarga 48 Shloka 13

अहम् I, त्वाम् you, सम्प्रेषयामि इति यत् this way sending you to war is not good, इयं मतिः this I think, श्रेष्ठा the best, न खलु not certainly, इयम् this, राजधर्माणाम् in accordance with state craft, क्षत्रियस्य for a kshatriya, मतिः thought, मता approved.

"I am reluctant to send you to war in the circumstances. But you are the best choice for me. However, certainly this is the duty of a kshatriya who follows the science of polity. Hence I am sending you.