Canto 1 - Boyhood
Bāla-kāṇḍa
Chapter 20: Daśaratha Refuses to Give Rāma
Text 1.20.28
तयोरन्यतरेणाहं योद्धा स्यां ससुहृद्गणः।
अन्यथा त्वनुनेष्यामि भवन्तं सहबान्धवः॥
tayor anyatareṇāhaṁ yoddhā syāṁ sasuhṛd-gaṇaḥ
anyathā tv anuneṣyāmi bhavantaṁ saha-bāndhavaḥ
tayoḥ = of them; anyatareṇa = with one; aham = I; yoddhā syām = can fight; sa-suhṛd-gaṇaḥ = with my well-wishers; anyathā tu = otherwise; anuneṣyāmi = I will follow; bhavantam = you; saha-bāndhavaḥ = with my friends and relatives.
With my well-wishers, I can fight with one of them. Otherwise, I will follow you with my friends and relatives.1
1 Regarding this and the previous verses, it appears that King Daśaratha already knew about Mārīca and Subāhu because he is mentioning herewith details that Viśvāmitra didn’t mention so far.