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)