Chapter 112 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 112

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 112.19

कामाद् वा तात लोभाद् वा मात्रा तुभ्यमिदं कृतम्। न तन्मनसि कर्तव्यं वर्तितव्यं च मातृवत्॥

kāmād vā tāta lobhād vā mātrā tubhyamidaṃ kṛtam| na tanmanasi kartavyaṃ vartitavyaṃ ca mātṛvat||

English Meaning

My brother, you ought not to cherish in your mind what your mother incited by covetousness or affection for you has done; and you should act by her as one should by one's mother.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)