Chapter 106 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 106

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 106.13

पितुर्हि समतिक्रान्तं पुत्रो यः साधु मन्यते। तदपत्यं मतं लोके विपरीतमतोऽन्यथा ॥

piturhi samatikrāntaṃ putro yaḥ sādhu manyate| tadapatyaṃ mataṃ loke viparītamato'nyathā ||

English Meaning

The son that repair the wrong done by his father by acting contrary to the latter is in this world considered really a son; but not he that acts otherwise.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)