Chapter 9 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 9

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 9.22

क्व च शस्त्रं क्व च वनं क्व च क्षात्रं तपः क्व च। व्याविद्धमिदमस्माभिर्देशधर्मस्तु पूज्यताम्॥

kva ca śastraṃ kva ca vanaṃ kva ca kṣātraṃ tapaḥ kva ca| vyāviddhamidamasmābhirdeśadharmastu pūjyatām||

English Meaning

Where are arms? And where is the forest? Where is Kaştriya virtue? And where is asceticism? These are opposed to each other, let us, therefore, honour the morality that pertains to this place.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)