Chapter 109 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 109

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 109.17

असत्यसंधस्य सतश्चलस्यास्थिरचेतसः। नैव देवा न पितरः प्रतीच्छन्तीति नः श्रुतम्॥

asatyasaṃdhasya sataścalasyāsthiracetasaḥ| naiva devā na pitaraḥ pratīcchantīti naḥ śrutam||

English Meaning

We have heard that the gods and the Pitrs do not accept offerings from one inclined to untruth, or who is unsteady and of volatile faculties.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)