Chapter 47 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 47

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 47.16

दद्यान्न प्रतिगृह्णीयात् सत्यं ब्रूयान्न चानृतम्॥ एतद् ब्राह्मण रामस्य व्रतं धृतमनुत्तमम्।

dadyānna pratigṛhṇīyāt satyaṃ brūyānna cānṛtam|| etad brāhmaṇa rāmasya vrataṃ dhṛtamanuttamam|

English Meaning

He always maketh gifts and taketh none. He always speaketh truth and never telleth an untruth. This is his best observance O Brāhmana.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)