Chapter 108 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 108

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 108.2

साधु राघव मा भूत् ते बुद्धिरेवं निरर्थिका। प्राकृतस्य नरस्येव ह्यार्यबुद्धेस्तपस्विनः॥

sādhu rāghava mā bhūt te buddhirevaṃ nirarthikā| prākṛtasya narasyeva hyāryabuddhestapasvinaḥ||

English Meaning

O Rāghava, endowed with a noble understanding and leading a life of asceticism, do not suffer your intellect to entertain inanities, like any low person.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)