Chapter 12 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 12.31

क्षमा यस्मिंस्तपस्त्यागः सत्यं धर्मः कृतज्ञता। अप्यहिंसा च भूतानां तमृते का गतिर्मम ॥

kṣamā yasmiṃstapastyāgaḥ satyaṃ dharmaḥ kṛtajñatā| apyahiṃsā ca bhūtānāṃ tamṛte kā gatirmama ||

English Meaning

And what stay have I save him in whom abide forgiveness, and asceticism and renunciation, and verity, and righteousness, and gratitude, and harmlessness towards all creatures.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)