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Bala Kanda Sarga 76 Shloka 14
Original Shloka
सोऽहं गुरुवच: कुर्वन् पृथिव्यां न वसे निशाम्। कृता प्रतिज्ञा काकुत्स्थ कृता भू: काश्यपस्य हि।।1.76.14।।
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset

English Translation

सः अहम् such I, गुरुवच: words of my spiritual guide, कुर्वन् following, पृथिव्याम् on this earth, निशाम् during night, न वसे I will not live, काकुस्त्थ O Rama, प्रतिज्ञा vow, कृता has been made, भू: earth, काश्यपस्य for Kasyapa, कृता हि has been given.

English Commentary

O Descendant of Kakustha having gifted this earth to Kasyapa, I promised him that I would not live here, during night time. For the earth belongs to him.