Chapter 12 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 12.36

यदि दत्त्वा वरौ राजन् पुनः प्रत्यनुतप्यसे। धार्मिकत्वं कथं वीर पृथिव्यां कथयिष्यसि ॥

yadi dattvā varau rājan punaḥ pratyanutapyase| dhārmikatvaṃ kathaṃ vīra pṛthivyāṃ kathayiṣyasi ||

English Meaning

If, O monarch, having conferred the boon, you repent afterwards, how, O hero, will you speak of your righteousness in the world?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)