Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 34: Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa and Sītā Meet Daśaratha
Text 2.34.38
न चैतदाश्चर्यतमं यत्त्वंज्येष्ठः सुतो मम।
अपानृतकथं पुत्र पितरं कर्तुमिच्छसि॥
na caitad āścaryatamaṁ yat tvaṁ jyeṣṭhaḥ suto mama
apānṛta-kathaṁ putra pitaraṁ kartum icchasi
na ca = not; etat = it is; āścaryatamam = most astonishing; yat = that; tvam = You; jyeṣṭhaḥ = eldest; sutaḥ = son; mama = my; apānṛta-katham = free from false promises; putra = son; pitaram = Your father; kartum = to make; icchasi = desire.
Son, it is not most astonishing that You, my eldest son, desire to make Your father free from false promises.