Chapter 12 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 12.96

न किंचिदाहाहितमप्रियं वचो नवेत्ति रामः परुषाणि भाषितुम्। कथं तु रामे ह्यभिरामवादिनि ब्रवीषि दोषान् गुणनित्यसम्मते॥

na kiṃcidāhāhitamapriyaṃ vaco navetti rāmaḥ paruṣāṇi bhāṣitum| kathaṃ tu rāme hyabhirāmavādini bravīṣi doṣān guṇanityasammate||

English Meaning

Rāma has not used any harsh speech towards you. Indeed Rāma knows no harsh speech; why then do you seek to inflict upon Rāma (ever) pleasant spoken, and endowed with agreeable qualities, such wrongs.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)