Chapter 104 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 104

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 104.6

अद्यायमपि ते पुत्रः क्लेशानामतथोचितः। नीचानर्थसमाचारं सज्जं कर्म प्रमुञ्चतु॥

adyāyamapi te putraḥ kleśānāmatathocitaḥ| nīcānarthasamācāraṃ sajjaṃ karma pramuñcatu||

English Meaning

To day let your son, who does not deserve such toilsome work, cease to perform that office which is fraught with hardship fit only for the base.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)