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Caitanya-caritāmṛta 10.145

sa śuśruvān mātari bhārgaveṇa pitur niyogāt prahṛtaṁ dviṣad-vat pratyagṛhīd agraja-śāsanaṁ tad ājñā gurūṇāṁ hy avicāraṇīyā
[sa shushruvaan maatari bhaargavena pitur niyogaat prahritam dvishad-vat pratyagriheed agraja-shaasanam tad aajnaa guroonaam hy avichaaraneeyaa]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sa śuśruvān mātari bhārgaveṇa pitur niyogāt prahṛtaṁ dviṣad-vat pratyagṛhīd agraja-śāsanaṁ tad ājñā gurūṇāṁ hy avicāraṇīyā
“ ‘Being ordered by his father, Paraśurāma killed his mother, Reṇukā, just as if she were an enemy. When Lakṣmaṇa, the younger brother of Lord Rāmacandra, heard of this, He immediately engaged Himself in the service of His elder brother and accepted His orders. The order of the spiritual master must be obeyed without consideration.’

This is a quotation from the Raghu-vaṁśa (14.46). Lord Rāmacandra’s statement to Sītā given below is from the Rāmāyaṇa (Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa 22.9).

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
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