Chapter 12 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 12.29

तस्मिन्नार्जवसम्पन्ने देवि देवोपमे कथम्। पापमाशंससे रामे महर्षिसमतेजसि॥

tasminnārjavasampanne devi devopame katham| pāpamāśaṃsase rāme maharṣisamatejasi||

English Meaning

How, O respected one, can you ask for this that will bring you sin, touching Rāma endowed with candour, and energetic like to a Maharsi, and resembling a celestial?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)