Ayodhya Kanda 21.62
Valmiki Ramayanam (IIT Kanpur) · Ayodhya Kanda 21 · Verse 62
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Sanskrit Original
यशो ह्यहं केवलराज्यकारणा न्न पृष्ठतः कर्तुमलं महोदयम्। अदीर्घकाले न तु देवि जीविते वृणेऽवरामद्य महीमधर्मतः।।
yaśō hyahaṅ kēvalarājyakāraṇā nna pṛṣṭhataḥ kartumalaṅ mahōdayam. adīrghakālē na tu dēvi! jīvitē vṛṇē.varāmadya mahīmadharmataḥ৷৷
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I will not forsake this great glory (of fulfilling my father's promise) for the sake of the kingdom. In this transient existence O mother, I do not wish to acquire this insignificant earth unrighteously.