Chapter 109 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 109

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 109.18

प्रत्यगात्ममिमं धर्मं सत्यं पश्याम्यहं ध्रुवम्। भारः सत्पुरुषैश्चीर्णस्तदर्थमभिनन्द्यते॥

pratyagātmamimaṃ dharmaṃ satyaṃ paśyāmyahaṃ dhruvam| bhāraḥ satpuruṣaiścīrṇastadarthamabhinandyate||

English Meaning

This duty of maintaining truth, whose influence radiates all over one's soul, I certainly find to be the prime one; and this burthen has (ere this) been borne by worthy people. And it is for this that I reverence the same.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)