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)