Chapter 118 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 118

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 118.5

सकृद् दृष्टास्वपि स्त्रीषु नृपेण नृपवत्सलः। मातृवद् वर्तते वीरो मानमुत्सृज्य धर्मवित्॥

sakṛd dṛṣṭāsvapi strīṣu nṛpeṇa nṛpavatsalaḥ| mātṛvad vartate vīro mānamutsṛjya dharmavit||

English Meaning

Renouncing sense of self-importance that heroic conversant with righteousness, devoted to his king, regards as his mothers those on whom the monarch once cast his eyes.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)