Chapter 109 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 109

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 109.22

श्रेष्ठं ह्यनार्यमेव स्याद् यद् भवानवधार्य माम्। आह युक्तिकरैर्वाक्यैरिदं भद्रं कुरुष्व ह॥

śreṣṭhaṃ hyanāryameva syād yad bhavānavadhārya mām| āha yuktikarairvākyairidaṃ bhadraṃ kuruṣva ha||

English Meaning

Therefore the seemingly excellent thing that you, after having well ascertained it, have said to me in words informed with reason, 'You had rather do this', appears to me wanting in nobility.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)