Chapter 100 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 100

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 100.54

कच्चिदर्थेन वा धर्ममर्थं धर्मेण वा पुनः। उभौ वा प्रीतिलोभेन कामेन न विबाधसे ॥

kaccidarthena vā dharmamarthaṃ dharmeṇa vā punaḥ| ubhau vā prītilobhena kāmena na vibādhase ||

English Meaning

And you do not oppose righteousness by interest, or interest by virtue, or both by desire, intent on gratifying the senses?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)