Chapter 106 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 106

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 106.14

तदपत्यं भवानस्तु मा भवान् दुष्कृतं पितुः। अति यत् तत् कृतं कर्म लोके धीरविगर्हितम्॥

tadapatyaṃ bhavānastu mā bhavān duṣkṛtaṃ pituḥ| ati yat tat kṛtaṃ karma loke dhīravigarhitam||

English Meaning

Be you that (real) son (of the monarch). Do you not approve the action of your father, since what he has done is divorced from righteousness and is blameworthy.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)