Chapter 106 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 106

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 106.2

न त्वां प्रव्यथयेद् दुःखं प्रीतिर्वा न प्रहर्षयेत्। सम्मतश्चापि वृद्धानां तांश्च पृच्छसि संशयान्॥

na tvāṃ pravyathayed duḥkhaṃ prītirvā na praharṣayet| sammataścāpi vṛddhānāṃ tāṃśca pṛcchasi saṃśayān||

English Meaning

Pain does not afflict you, nor does pleasure exhilarate. Yourself the exemplar of even aged people, you refer to them on doubtful point (of morality).

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)