Chapter 104 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 104

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 104.5

जघन्यमपि ते पुत्रः कृतवान् न तु गर्हितः। भ्रातुर्यदर्थरहितं सर्वं तद् गर्हितं गुणैः॥

jaghanyamapi te putraḥ kṛtavān na tu garhitaḥ| bhrāturyadartharahitaṃ sarvaṃ tad garhitaṃ guṇaiḥ||

English Meaning

Although your son performs a servile office, yet he is not to blame: (the performance of) that alone which serves no purpose of his brother possessed of many perfections, could bring blame upon him.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)