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)